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    The surname Goggins

    A surname, carried by 2,897 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G252

    Goggins: #10,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Goggins #10,979, 2,897 people Goggins: #10,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goggins #10,979, 2,897 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goggins is more common than 93.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,897 people named Goggins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,574 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,897.

    #10,979
    rank among US surnames
    2,897
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    0%
    change since 2000 (was #10,208)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,974Rabb2,899106,501
    #10,977Branstetter2,898106,537
    #10,979Lucier2,897106,574
    #10,983Mirabal2,896106,611
    #10,986Repp2,895106,648
    #10,987Locker2,894106,685

    Who is named Goggins

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

    51% of people named Goggins identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gogginss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Walton Goggins
      American actor (born 1971)
    • David Goggins
      American ultramarathon runner and writer (born 1975)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Goggins

    Goggins 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 Goggins?
    2,897 people in the United States had the surname Goggins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,574 Americans. It ranked 10,979th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goggins?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Goggins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Goggins?
    Walton Goggins, American actor (born 1971), followed by David Goggins.
    Where is the surname Goggins most common?
    Wikidata records people named Goggins in the United States.
    Is the surname Goggins getting more or less common?
    About as common. 2,897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,897 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.