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    The surname Goel

    A Punjabi surname, carried by 2,216 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G400

    Goel: #13,660 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Goel #13,660, 2,216 people Goel: #13,660 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goel #13,660, 2,216 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goel is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    Punjabi origin

    Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੋਇਲ (goila).

    One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,216 people named Goel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,326 Americans. That is up 69% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,314.

    #13,660
    rank among US surnames
    2,216
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +68.6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,136)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,654Victorino2,218139,200
    #13,657Gengler2,217139,263
    #13,660Fitzgibbon2,216139,326

    Who is named Goel

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

    90% of people named Goel identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Goel

    Goel has the Soundex code G400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G400.

    Other Punjabi surnames

    All 39 Punjabi surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Goel come from?
    Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੋਇਲ (goila).
    How common is the surname Goel?
    2,216 people in the United States had the surname Goel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,326 Americans. It ranked 13,660th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goel?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Goel identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Goel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,314 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,216 in 2010, up 69%.