Find out how popular the last name Godo is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Godo.

Godo, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Godo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Godo in America

Godo is the 95955th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Godo surname appeared 190 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Godo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Godo to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Godo

The surname GODO is believed to have originated in Portugal during the medieval period. It is derived from the Germanic personal name Godho, which means "divine". This name was brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Visigoths, a Germanic tribe that ruled parts of the region from the 5th to the 8th centuries.

In its earliest recorded form, the name appeared as Godho or Godo in ancient Portuguese manuscripts and records from the 10th and 11th centuries. These records often referred to landowners or nobles who held estates in the northern regions of Portugal, near the modern-day cities of Porto and Braga.

The surname GODO can be traced back to the Domesday Book, a comprehensive survey of land ownership in England compiled by order of William the Conqueror in 1086. This historical document mentions a landholder named Godholdus de Godo, who held estates in the county of Somerset.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname GODO was João Godo, a 13th-century Portuguese nobleman who served as a courtier to King Afonso III. Another notable figure was Fernão Godo, a 14th-century explorer and navigator who participated in several expeditions along the West African coast.

In the 15th century, the surname GODO was associated with a prominent family from the town of Guimarães, in northern Portugal. This family produced several notable figures, including Álvaro Godo (c. 1420-1490), a renowned scholar and theologian who served as a professor at the University of Coimbra.

During the 16th century, the name GODO was also found in Spain, where it was sometimes spelled as Godó or Godoy. One notable individual from this period was Pedro Godó (1510-1585), a Spanish military commander who fought in the conquest of Mexico and later served as the governor of the province of Nueva Galicia.

Throughout history, the surname GODO has been associated with various place names and locations, such as the town of Godó in the Spanish province of Tarragona, and the village of Godo in the Portuguese district of Guarda.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Godo

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Godo.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Godo was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Godo has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Godo was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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