How common is the surname Godin?

3,665 people in the United States had the surname Godin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,242 Americans. It ranked 8,934th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Godin?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Godin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Godin?

Seth Godin, American entrepreneur, author and public speaker (b. 1960), followed by Noël Godin.

Where is the surname Godin most common?

Wikidata records people named Godin in the United States and Belgium.

Is the surname Godin getting more or less common?

More common. 3,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,665 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Godin

A surname, carried by 3,665 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Godin is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,665 people named Godin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,242 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,583.

#8,934

rank among US surnames

3,665

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,472)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,925	Epley	3,667	84,196
#8,928	Weigand	3,666	84,219
#8,934	Godin	3,665	84,242
#8,936	Nickelson	3,664	84,265
#8,938	Galligan	3,663	84,288
#8,939	Cram	3,662	84,311
#8,941	Zhen	3,661	84,334

Who is named Godin

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

92% of people named Godin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Godins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Seth Godin
American entrepreneur, author and public speaker (b. 1960)
Noël Godin
Belgian actor, anarchist, critic, writer (1945–2026)

Notable Godins come mostly from the United States (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Godin

Godin has the Soundex code G350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G350.

Questions

How common is the surname Godin?: 3,665 people in the United States had the surname Godin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,242 Americans. It ranked 8,934th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Godin?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Godin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Godin?: Seth Godin, American entrepreneur, author and public speaker (b. 1960), followed by Noël Godin.
Where is the surname Godin most common?: Wikidata records people named Godin in the United States and Belgium.
Is the surname Godin getting more or less common?: More common. 3,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,665 in 2010, up 2.3%.