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    The surname Gooden

    A surname, carried by 11,335 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G350

    Gooden: #3,190 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gooden #3,190, 11,335 people Gooden: #3,190 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gooden #3,190, 11,335 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gooden is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,335 people named Gooden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,238 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,338.

    #3,190
    rank among US surnames
    11,335
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #3,183)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,181Whelan11,36327,171
    #3,182Yan11,35427,193
    #3,183McNeely11,35027,202
    #3,184Corrales11,34827,207
    #3,185Murrell11,34727,209
    #3,186Brownlee11,34427,217
    #3,187Fultz11,34227,221

    Who is named Gooden

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

    62% of people named Gooden identified as Black (not Hispanic), 32% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 62%
    • White (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Goodens

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Drew Gooden
      American-Finnish basketball player, born 1981
    • Lance Gooden
      American politician in Texas (born 1982)
    • Dwight Gooden
      American baseball player, born 1964

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gooden

    Gooden has the Soundex code G350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gooden?
    11,335 people in the United States had the surname Gooden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,238 Americans. It ranked 3,190th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gooden?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Gooden identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 32% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gooden?
    Drew Gooden, American-Finnish basketball player, followed by Lance Gooden.
    Where is the surname Gooden most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gooden in the United States.
    Is the surname Gooden getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,335 in 2010, up 9.6%.