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    The surname Goering

    A surname, carried by 2,119 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G652

    Goering: #14,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Goering #14,172, 2,119 people Goering: #14,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goering #14,172, 2,119 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goering is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,119 people named Goering in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,703 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,954.

    #14,172
    rank among US surnames
    2,119
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,127)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,168Lizardo2,120145,635
    #14,172Stalcup2,119145,703
    #14,178Dunfee2,118145,772

    Who is named Goering

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

    94% of people named Goering identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    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 Goering

    Goering has the Soundex code G652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Goering?
    2,119 people in the United States had the surname Goering in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,703 Americans. It ranked 14,172nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goering?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Goering identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Goering getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,954 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,119 in 2010, up 8.4%.