How common is the surname Goins?

22,837 people in the United States had the surname Goins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,520 Americans. It ranked 1,574th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Goins getting more or less common?

More common. 21,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,837 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Goins

A surname, carried by 22,837 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goins is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,837 people named Goins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,520 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,872.

#1,574

rank among US surnames

22,837

people in 2010

7.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,498)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,565	Hinkle	22,983	13,434
#1,567	Butcher	22,978	13,437
#1,568	Ornelas	22,969	13,442
#1,569	Forrest	22,954	13,451
#1,570	Colbert	22,940	13,459
#1,571	Aleman	22,927	13,466
#1,572	Rodriquez	22,892	13,487

Who is named Goins

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

66% of people named Goins identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 3.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
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 Goins

Goins 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 Goins?: 22,837 people in the United States had the surname Goins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,520 Americans. It ranked 1,574th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goins?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Goins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Goins getting more or less common?: More common. 21,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,837 in 2010, up 4.4%.