# Goodacre (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goodacre/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 397 |
| US rank (2010) | 52,267 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 777,697 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (334 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Three possible origins: * An English topographic surname for someone who farmed a productive piece of land, from Middle English good (“good”) + aker (“acre, field”). * An English habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Middle English goot (“goat”) + aker (“acre, field”). * An Americanized spelling of the German surname Gutacker, from gut (“good”) + Acker (“field”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goodacre in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Goodacre in the United States.

## People named Goodacre

- Jill Goodacre, American model

## Similar surnames

Gotcher.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.