Worldwide Distribution of Goodstadts

From World Names at Public Profiler

According to them (statistics are in Frequency Per Million – FPM):

Roots Of This Name:

Surname    Group    Subgroup    Language
Goodstadt    Celtic    Irish    English

Top Countries

Country    Fpm
United Kingdom    0.7
United States    0.51

Top Regions

1. North West , UK    3.06
2. New York , US    2.23
3. Connecticut , US    1.88
4. Pennsylvania , US    1.55
5. Maryland , US    1.39
6. South West , UK    1.03
7. Florida , US    0.89
8. Scotland , UK    0.75
9. South East , UK    0.64
10. Minnesota , US    0.6

Top Cities

1. Salford, UK
2. Manchester, UK
3. Sale, UK
4. Bedford, UK
5. Milton Keynes, UK
6. Glasgow, UK
7. Hemel Hempstead, UK
8. Chippenham, UK
9. Brooklyn , New York , US
10. Swindon, UK

Top Forenames

1. Paul
2. Ellen
3. Sheldon
4. Matthew
5. David
6. Anne
7. Harry
8. Leonard
9. Vincent
10. Stephanie

Article from the BBC

“A website which maps global surnames has been launched to help people find the origins of their name and how far it may have spread.
The Public Profiler site plots eight million last names using data from electoral rolls and phone directories.
The site covers 300 million people in 26 countries, showing the origins of names and where families have moved to.
The site – www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames – also reveals which of the five million forenames are most closely associated with different surnames and lists the top regions and cities for each surname.
It was developed by a team of geographers from University College London.
Professor Paul Longley, one of the researchers, said: “The information is not just historical but geographical.
“We can link names to places – a name is now not just a statement of who you are but where you are.”