How common is the surname Goodall?

5,193 people in the United States had the surname Goodall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,454 Americans. It ranked 6,526th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Goodall?

David Goodall, British-born Australian botanist and ecologist (1914-2018).

Where is the surname Goodall most common?

Wikidata records people named Goodall in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Goodall getting more or less common?

More common. 5,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,193 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Goodall

A surname, carried by 5,193 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goodall is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,193 people named Goodall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,454 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,134.

#6,526

rank among US surnames

5,193

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,143)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,523	Claiborne	5,201	59,363
#6,524	Oswalt	5,198	59,397
#6,525	Berumen	5,195	59,431
#6,526	Goodall	5,193	59,454

Who is named Goodall

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

77% of people named Goodall identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goodalls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Goodall
British-born Australian botanist and ecologist (1914-2018)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goodall

Goodall has the Soundex code G340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G340.

Questions

How common is the surname Goodall?: 5,193 people in the United States had the surname Goodall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,454 Americans. It ranked 6,526th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goodall?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Goodall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Goodall?: David Goodall, British-born Australian botanist and ecologist (1914-2018).
Where is the surname Goodall most common?: Wikidata records people named Goodall in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Goodall getting more or less common?: More common. 5,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,193 in 2010, up 1.1%.