How common is the surname Godoy?

11,690 people in the United States had the surname Godoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,411 Americans. It ranked 3,070th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Godoy?

Rosa Godoy, Argentine long-distance runner, followed by Benedicto Godoy Véizaga.

Where is the surname Godoy most common?

Wikidata records people named Godoy in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile and 1 other country.

Is the surname Godoy getting more or less common?

More common. 8,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,690 in 2010, up 41%.

The surname Godoy

A Spanish place surname, carried by 11,690 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Godoy is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Godoy, a habitational surname from Galician.

Godoy is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,690 people named Godoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,411 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,274.

#3,070

rank among US surnames

11,690

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+41.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,942)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,061	Vue	11,717	26,350
#3,062	Marx	11,716	26,352
#3,063	Sommers	11,706	26,375
#3,064	Kolb	11,705	26,377
#3,065	Morrell	11,700	26,389
#3,066	Havens	11,699	26,391
#3,067	Brice	11,697	26,395

Who is named Godoy

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Godoy identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
White (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Godoys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rosa Godoy
Argentine long-distance runner, born 1982
Benedicto Godoy Véizaga
Bolivian footballer, born 1924
Mónica Godoy
Actress, born 1976
Caíque França
Brazilian association football player, born 1995

Notable Godoys come mostly from Argentina (1), Bolivia (1) and Chile (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Godoy

Godoy has the Soundex code G300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G300.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Godoy come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Godoy, a habitational surname from Galician.
How common is the surname Godoy?: 11,690 people in the United States had the surname Godoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,411 Americans. It ranked 3,070th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Godoy?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Godoy identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Godoy?: Rosa Godoy, Argentine long-distance runner, followed by Benedicto Godoy Véizaga.
Where is the surname Godoy most common?: Wikidata records people named Godoy in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Godoy?: Godoy is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Godoy getting more or less common?: More common. 8,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,690 in 2010, up 41%.