# Goda (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 704 |
| US rank (2010) | 32,632 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 438,559 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (638 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Hungarian and Slovak surname, from the personal name Goda, formed from Proto-Slavic *goditi (“to please”). This is also Germanized from the Sorbian form, see Goede. * As a Japanese surname, from 合田.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goda in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 65% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 25% |

## Similar surnames

Good, Goode, Godoy, Goad, Goudy, Gowdy, Goudeau, Gowda, Goody, Goede, Gotha, Gaddy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.