How common is the surname Goheen?

1,755 people in the United States had the surname Goheen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. It ranked 16,395th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goheen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Goheen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goheen?

Moose Goheen, American ice hockey player (1894–1979).

Where is the surname Goheen most common?

Wikidata records people named Goheen in the United States.

Is the surname Goheen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,697 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,755 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Goheen

A surname, carried by 1,755 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goheen is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,755 people named Goheen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,697.

#16,395

rank among US surnames

1,755

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,775)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,390	Hoeppner	1,756	175,823
#16,395	Bebout	1,755	175,923

Who is named Goheen

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

94% of people named Goheen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goheens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Moose Goheen
American ice hockey player (1894–1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goheen

Goheen has the Soundex code G500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G500.

Questions

How common is the surname Goheen?: 1,755 people in the United States had the surname Goheen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. It ranked 16,395th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goheen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Goheen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goheen?: Moose Goheen, American ice hockey player (1894–1979).
Where is the surname Goheen most common?: Wikidata records people named Goheen in the United States.
Is the surname Goheen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,697 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,755 in 2010, up 3.4%.