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    The surname Goines

    A surname, carried by 3,242 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G520

    Goines: #9,956 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Goines #9,956, 3,242 people Goines: #9,956 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goines #9,956, 3,242 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goines is more common than 93.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,242 people named Goines in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,233 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,929.

    #9,956
    rank among US surnames
    3,242
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.7%
    change since 2000 (was #10,123)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,949Schantz3,24595,145
    #9,953Courson3,24495,174
    #9,954Alpert3,24395,204
    #9,956Goines3,24295,233
    #9,959Boutte3,24195,262
    #9,961Brazier3,24095,292
    #9,963Hoggard3,23995,321

    Who is named Goines

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

    52% of people named Goines identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 52%
    • White (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Two or more races 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Goines

    Goines has the Soundex code G520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Goines?
    3,242 people in the United States had the surname Goines in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,233 Americans. It ranked 9,956th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goines?
    In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Goines identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Goines getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,242 in 2010, up 11%.