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    The surname Goodacre

    An English place surname, carried by 397 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G326

    Goodacre: #52,267 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Goodacre #52,267, 397 people Goodacre: #52,267 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Goodacre #52,267, 397 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goodacre is more common than 67.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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”).

    Goodacre is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 397 people named Goodacre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 777,697 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 334.

    #52,267
    rank among US surnames
    397
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.9%
    change since 2000 (was #57,090)

    Who is named Goodacre

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

    79% of people named Goodacre identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Goodacres

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jill Goodacre
      American model, born 1964

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Goodacre come from?
    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…
    How common is the surname Goodacre?
    397 people in the United States had the surname Goodacre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 777,697 Americans. It ranked 52,267th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goodacre?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Goodacre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Goodacre?
    Jill Goodacre, American model.
    Where is the surname Goodacre most common?
    Wikidata records people named Goodacre in the United States.
    What type of surname is Goodacre?
    Goodacre is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Goodacre getting more or less common?
    More common. 334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 397 in 2010, up 19%.