Godoy
surname · Latin script
Meaning: habitational name from Godoy, a place in Galicia
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɡodoi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Godoy is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country, where it is the 38th most common surname.
- PYParaguay≈1 in 329(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina1 in 345
- CLChile≈1 in 375
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Godoy itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Argentina (measured from records)
- #634 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 292 (measured from records)
- 1 in 319 (inferred from the name graph)
131,911 people
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Godoi in UY Uruguay.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
habitational name from Godoy, a place in Galicia. The origin of the place name is uncertain, but a connection has been suggested with the Gothic elements gu{dh}s ‘god’ -i- wlhs ‘saint’.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Godoy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #38 | 131,911 | 1 in 345 | 132K | Godoy | 141 |
| BR Brazil | #147 | 81,047as Godoi | 1 in 2.6K | 81K | Godoy | 189 |
| CL Chile | #46 | ≈49,000 est. | ≈1 in 375 | 1 | Godoy | 140 |
| VE Venezuela | #200 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Godoy | 74 |
| PY Paraguay | #59 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 329 | — | Godoy | 55 |
| HN Honduras | #90 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 705 | — | Godoy | 56 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 10,617 | 1 in 319 | 11K | Godoi | 56 |
131,911 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Godoy is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, The origin of the placename is uncertain, but a connection Goch see Gogh has been suggested with the Goth, elements giibs god + wThs saint. Gdcken see Gott Godrich see Gutteridge
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Manuel de Godoyb. 1767ESPrime Minister of Spain (1767-1851)
- Carlota de Godoy, 2nd Duchess of Suecab. 1800ESSpanish noble (1800–1886)
- Gabriela Mistralb. 1889CLnot in their usual nameChilean poet, diplomat and educator (1889–1957)
- Ricardo Pérez Godoyb. 1905PE47th President of Peru (1905-1982)
- Armando Robles Godoyb. 1923USPeruvian-American film director
- Lucio Godoyb. 1958ARArgentine musician
- César Delgadob. 1981ARnot in their usual nameArgentine footballer
- Aníbal Godoyb. 1990PAPanamanian association football player
- Maica García Godoyb. 1990ESSpanish water polo player
- Iñaki Godoyb. 2003MXMexican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 40 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 132K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 73K | #352 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 11K | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Godoy come from?
- habitational name from Godoy, a place in Galicia. The origin of the place name is uncertain, but a connection has been suggested with the Gothic elements gu{dh}s ‘god’ -i- wlhs ‘saint’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Godoy?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡodoi/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What does the name Godoy mean?
- Recorded meaning: habitational name from Godoy, a place in Galicia.
- In which country does Godoy have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 132 thousand people named Godoy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled godoy.
- Where is Godoy most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Godoy is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 319 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Godoy?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 131,911 people named Godoy, about 1 in 345 residents.
- How common is Godoy compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Godoy is the 38th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/godoyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Godoy” — the 38th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.