# Goff (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goff/  
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 | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 32,298 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,081 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,559 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (31,806 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Welsh surname, related to Gough. * As an English surname of Cornish and Breton origin, from gov (“smith”). * As an Irish surname, reduced from McGoff, from McGough.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goff 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Goff in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Goff

- Jared Goff, American football player (born 1994)
- Trish Goff, American fashion model, actress, real estate broker
- Nathan Goff Jr., American politician (1843-1920)
- Bruce Goff, American architect (1904-1982)
- Guy D. Goff, American politician (1866-1933)
- Abe McGregor Goff, American politician and civil servant (1899-1984)
- P. L. Travers, Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)

## Similar surnames

Guffey, Govea, Gibb, Geib, Gouveia, Gove, Gipe, Gibby, Gebo.

## 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.