How common is the surname Goin?

2,629 people in the United States had the surname Goin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,438 Americans. It ranked 11,907th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Goin getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,752 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,629 in 2010, down 4.5%.

The surname Goin

A surname, carried by 2,629 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goin is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,629 people named Goin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,438 Americans. That is down 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,752.

#11,907

rank among US surnames

2,629

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-4.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,670)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,899	Hosmer	2,631	117,349
#11,904	Bluhm	2,630	117,394
#11,907	Beauvais	2,629	117,438
#11,914	Cowgill	2,628	117,483

Who is named Goin

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

88% of people named Goin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goin

Goin 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 Goin?: 2,629 people in the United States had the surname Goin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,438 Americans. It ranked 11,907th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goin?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Goin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Goin getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,752 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,629 in 2010, down 4.5%.