How common is the surname Goode?

22,356 people in the United States had the surname Goode in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,810 Americans. It ranked 1,605th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Goode?

Sarah E. Goode, American inventor, followed by George Brown Goode.

Where is the surname Goode most common?

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

Is the surname Goode getting more or less common?

More common. 21,226 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,356 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Goode

A surname, carried by 22,356 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goode is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Variant of Good.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,356 people named Goode in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,810 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,226.

#1,605

rank among US surnames

22,356

people in 2010

7.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,553)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,596	Norwood	22,461	13,746
#1,597	Milligan	22,416	13,773
#1,598	Ames	22,385	13,793
#1,599	Purcell	22,383	13,794
#1,600	Ludwig	22,380	13,796
#1,601	Souza	22,373	13,800
#1,602	Huggins	22,371	13,801

Who is named Goode

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

61% of people named Goode identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 61%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goodes

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sarah E. Goode
American inventor, 1855–1905
George Brown Goode
American ichthyologist (1851-1896)
Richard Goode
American pianist and teacher, born 1943
Virgil Goode
American politician, born 1946
Lynda Tolbert-Goode
American hurdler, born 1967
Charlie Goode
Association football player (born 1995)
Louise Jopling
British artist (1843-1933)

Notable Goodes come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goode

Goode has the Soundex code G300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G300.

Questions

Where does the surname Goode come from?: Variant of Good.
How common is the surname Goode?: 22,356 people in the United States had the surname Goode in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,810 Americans. It ranked 1,605th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goode?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Goode identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Goode?: Sarah E. Goode, American inventor, followed by George Brown Goode.
Where is the surname Goode most common?: Wikidata records people named Goode in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Goode getting more or less common?: More common. 21,226 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,356 in 2010, up 5.3%.