# Goes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goes/  
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 | Dutch |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 538 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,610 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 573,876 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.5% (546 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Goes, a habitational surname from a city in the province of Zeeland. * Borrowed from Portuguese Goes, a habitational surname from any of several places called Góis.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goes 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Goes in Brazil.

## People named Goes

- Rodrygo, Brazilian association football player
- Edu Lobo, Brazilian singer

## Similar surnames

Goss, Gose, Gosa, Geis, Gokey, Gies, Goeke, Gosch, Gosha, Gage, Gooch, Gough.

## 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.