# Goffin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goffin/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 368 |
| US rank (2010) | 55,741 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 838,982 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.4% (381 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goffin 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Goffin in Belgium and the United States.

## People named Goffin

- David Goffin, Belgian tennis player (born 1990)
- Gerry Goffin, American lyricist (1939-2014)
- Philippe Goffin, Belgian politician
- Robert Goffin, author, lawyer, poet (1898-1984)

## Similar surnames

Giffin, Gobin, Gavin, Gaffney, Given, Govan, Gibney, Gauvin, Gibbon, Givan, Giovanni.

## 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.