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    The surname Go

    A surname, carried by 4,370 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G000

    Go: #7,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Go #7,607, 4,370 people Go: #7,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Go #7,607, 4,370 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Go is more common than 95.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,370 people named Go in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,651 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,068.

    #7,607
    rank among US surnames
    4,370
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,716)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,600Peele4,37370,603
    #7,601Bachmann4,37270,619
    #7,605Smedley4,37170,635
    #7,607Go4,37070,651
    #7,609Minnich4,36970,667
    #7,612Urbano4,36870,684

    Who is named Go

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

    87% of people named Go identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 87%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Go

    Go has the Soundex code G000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Go?
    4,370 people in the United States had the surname Go in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,651 Americans. It ranked 7,607th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Go?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Go identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Go getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,370 in 2010, up 42%.