How common is the surname Godsey?

5,826 people in the United States had the surname Godsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,994 Americans. It ranked 5,914th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Godsey getting more or less common?

More common. 5,756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,826 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Godsey

A surname, carried by 5,826 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Godsey is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,826 people named Godsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,994 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,756.

#5,914

rank among US surnames

5,826

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,545)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,905	Seale	5,846	52,813
#5,906	Stackhouse	5,844	52,831
#5,907	Frizzell	5,840	52,867
#5,908	Mincey	5,839	52,876
#5,909	Marchant	5,834	52,922
#5,910	Philip	5,832	52,940
#5,911	Turnage	5,831	52,949

Who is named Godsey

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

91% of people named Godsey identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Goods

Godsey has the Soundex code G320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G320.

Questions

How common is the surname Godsey?: 5,826 people in the United States had the surname Godsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,994 Americans. It ranked 5,914th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Godsey?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Godsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Godsey getting more or less common?: More common. 5,756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,826 in 2010, up 1.2%.