# Goh (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,528 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,208 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 202,059 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (1,063 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Go, Wu, Ng |

## Etymology

From Hokkien 吳／吴 (Gô͘), or less commonly, 伍 (Gó͘).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goh 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) | 5.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 88% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 4.2% |

## Similar surnames

Go, Gow, Goo, Goy, Gay, Guy, Gee, Gao, Guo, Gu, Guay, Gioia.

## 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.