# Goen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goen/  
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) | 1,004 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,802 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 307,515 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (979 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname Göen, Gön, pet form of old Germanic names from the element *gunþi (“battle”). * As a West Flemish surname, variant of Godin. * As an Irish surname, variant of Gowen.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goen 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Goin, Gouin, Gohn, Gowen, Gowan, Gowin, Gonyea, Goheen, Gean, Geno, Gunn, Gann.

## 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.