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The surname Goetsch

A German surname, carried by 1,961 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡɛtʃ/ 1 syllable Soundex G320

Goetsch: #15,056 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Goetsch #15,056, 1,961 people Goetsch: #15,056 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goetsch #15,056, 1,961 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goetsch is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Götsch.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,961 people named Goetsch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,443 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,010.

#15,056
rank among US surnames
1,961
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
-2.4%
change since 2000 (was #13,806)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#15,048Premo1,963157,282
#15,052Linger1,962157,363
#15,056Goetsch1,961157,443
#15,060Bien1,960157,523
#15,063Yohn1,959157,604

Who is named Goetsch

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

96% of people named Goetsch identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goetsch

Goetsch has the Soundex code G320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G320.

Other German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Goetsch come from?
Borrowed from German Götsch.
How common is the surname Goetsch?
1,961 people in the United States had the surname Goetsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,443 Americans. It ranked 15,056th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goetsch?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Goetsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Goetsch?
Goetsch is /ɡɛtʃ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Goetsch getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,010 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,961 in 2010, down 2.4%.