Godbolt is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Godbolt
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

The variation of Goodbody. A portly person—like the French Braucorps; perhaps, however, an oath: By God's body,'—not unusual in the middle ages. The orthography in the Hundred Rolls is Godbodi, which rather confirms the latter derivation. Under the name Pardew will be found some remarks on surnames derived from Oaths.

The family name Godbolt is variant form of the Goodacre. Probably German gottesaker, a burying ground (literally God's Field).- Analogous to our Churchyard, and the medieval In Cemeterio.

Godbolt is the variant of the Godbold. 1. Occurs in Domesday as a previous Anglo-Saxon tenant. 2. Anglo-Saxon god and bold— "the good dwelling."

Variation of Goodacre. Good field.

Surname Godbolt is the variation of Goble. Descendant and of Godbeald meaning "God, brave".

A variant form of Godbold. Bolding God, or God's house.

How popular is Godbolt?

Godbolt is common in United States, England.

Godbolt is ranked 211184 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Godbolt bearers increased by 8.23 per cent in 2010 US census to 1735 since 2000, the surname slipped by 42 spots and ranked at 16544. The last name was found in around 6 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 79.31 82.53
White 12.22 13.04
Others 3.8 3.24
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.31 0
Hispanic or Latino 1.96 0.81
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0
Godbolt is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 1952 people have been found who wears Godbolt as their family name. Godbolt have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Godbolt:
21,014 United States1,679
Countries with hundreds of Godbolt:
26,048 England152
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
33,226 Australia65
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
114,935 Canada21
132,322 South Africa13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
50,907 Norway7
25,488 Scotland7

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