# Goode (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goode/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,356 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,605 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,810 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (21,226 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Good.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goode 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) | 61% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Goode in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Goode

- Sarah E. Goode, American inventor
- George Brown Goode, American ichthyologist (1851-1896)
- Richard Goode, American pianist and teacher
- Virgil Goode, American politician
- Lynda Tolbert-Goode, American hurdler
- Charlie Goode, association football player (born 1995)
- Louise Jopling, British artist (1843-1933)

## Similar surnames

Good, Godoy, Goad, Goto, Goudeau, Gootee, Goody, Goede, Goda, Goodhue, Gaddy, Guido.

## 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.