How common is the surname Goggin?

2,470 people in the United States had the surname Goggin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,998 Americans. It ranked 12,541st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goggin?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goggin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Goggin getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,470 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Goggin

A surname, carried by 2,470 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goggin is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

See Goggin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,470 people named Goggin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,998 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,513.

#12,541

rank among US surnames

2,470

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,492)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,536	Dahlin	2,472	124,897
#12,540	Volker	2,471	124,948
#12,541	Fairman	2,470	124,998
#12,547	Baumgart	2,469	125,049
#12,548	Koop	2,468	125,099

Who is named Goggin

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

95% of people named Goggin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goggin

Goggin has the Soundex code G250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G250.

Questions

Where does the surname Goggin come from?: See Goggin.
How common is the surname Goggin?: 2,470 people in the United States had the surname Goggin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,998 Americans. It ranked 12,541st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goggin?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goggin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Goggin getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,470 in 2010, down 1.7%.