How common is the surname Going?

1,282 people in the United States had the surname Going in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. It ranked 20,648th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Going?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Going identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Going?

Joanna Going, American actress.

Where is the surname Going most common?

Wikidata records people named Going in the United States.

Is the surname Going getting more or less common?

More common. 1,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,282 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Going

A surname, carried by 1,282 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Going is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,282 people named Going in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,272.

#20,648

rank among US surnames

1,282

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,618)

Who is named Going

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

85% of people named Going identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joanna Going
American actress, born 1963

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Going

Going 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 Going?: 1,282 people in the United States had the surname Going in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. It ranked 20,648th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Going?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Going identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Going?: Joanna Going, American actress.
Where is the surname Going most common?: Wikidata records people named Going in the United States.
Is the surname Going getting more or less common?: More common. 1,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,282 in 2010, up 0.8%.