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    The surname Goodchild

    A surname, carried by 1,060 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G324

    Goodchild: #23,837 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Goodchild #23,837, 1,060 people Goodchild: #23,837 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Goodchild #23,837, 1,060 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goodchild is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,060 people named Goodchild in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 939.

    #23,837
    rank among US surnames
    1,060
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.9%
    change since 2000 (was #24,873)

    Who is named Goodchild

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

    89% of people named Goodchild identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Goodchild

    Goodchild has the Soundex code G324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G324.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Goodchild?
    1,060 people in the United States had the surname Goodchild in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. It ranked 23,837th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goodchild?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Goodchild identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Goodchild getting more or less common?
    More common. 939 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,060 in 2010, up 13%.