How common is the surname Goen?

1,004 people in the United States had the surname Goen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. It ranked 24,802nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Goen getting more or less common?

More common. 979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,004 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Goen

A surname, carried by 1,004 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goen is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,004 people named Goen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 979.

#24,802

rank among US surnames

1,004

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #24,037)

Who is named Goen

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

95% of people named Goen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goen

Goen has the Soundex code G500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G500.

Questions

Where does the surname Goen come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Goen?: 1,004 people in the United States had the surname Goen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. It ranked 24,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Goen getting more or less common?: More common. 979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,004 in 2010, up 2.6%.