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    The surname Goggans

    A surname, carried by 1,502 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G252

    Goggans: #18,431 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Goggans #18,431, 1,502 people Goggans: #18,431 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goggans #18,431, 1,502 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goggans is more common than 88.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,502 people named Goggans in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,556 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,447.

    #18,431
    rank among US surnames
    1,502
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,835)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,423Pilot1,503205,420
    #18,431Goggans1,502205,556
    #18,440Montz1,501205,693

    Who is named Goggans

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

    68% of people named Goggans identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Goggans

    Goggans has the Soundex code G252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G252.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Goggans?
    1,502 people in the United States had the surname Goggans in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,556 Americans. It ranked 18,431st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goggans?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Goggans identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Goggans getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,447 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,502 in 2010, up 3.8%.