How common is the surname Goble?

9,022 people in the United States had the surname Goble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,221 Americans. It ranked 3,947th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goble?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Goble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goble?

Carole Goble, British computer scientist, followed by Paul A. Goble.

Where is the surname Goble most common?

Wikidata records people named Goble in the United Kingdom, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Goble getting more or less common?

More common. 8,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,022 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Goble

A surname, carried by 9,022 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goble is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,022 people named Goble in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,221 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,580.

#3,947

rank among US surnames

9,022

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,793)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,943	Moreau	9,035	34,172
#3,944	Halstead	9,027	34,202
#3,945	Sanabria	9,026	34,206
#3,947	Goble	9,022	34,221

Who is named Goble

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

94% of people named Goble identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gobles

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carole Goble
British computer scientist, born 1961
Paul A. Goble
American based professor and expert on Russia (born 1949)
Warwick Goble
British artist (1862–1943)

Notable Gobles come mostly from the United Kingdom (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goble

Goble has the Soundex code G140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G140.

Questions

How common is the surname Goble?: 9,022 people in the United States had the surname Goble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,221 Americans. It ranked 3,947th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goble?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Goble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goble?: Carole Goble, British computer scientist, followed by Paul A. Goble.
Where is the surname Goble most common?: Wikidata records people named Goble in the United Kingdom, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Goble getting more or less common?: More common. 8,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,022 in 2010, up 5.2%.