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    The surname Goda

    A surname, carried by 704 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goda is more common than 79.9% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 704 people named Goda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 438,559 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 638.

    #32,632
    rank among US surnames
    704
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.3%
    change since 2000 (was #33,690)

    Who is named Goda

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

    65% of people named Goda identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 25%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Goda

    Goda has the Soundex code G300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Goda come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Goda?
    704 people in the United States had the surname Goda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 438,559 Americans. It ranked 32,632nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goda?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Goda identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Goda getting more or less common?
    More common. 638 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 704 in 2010, up 10%.