How common is the surname Goodhue?

1,311 people in the United States had the surname Goodhue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. It ranked 20,285th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goodhue?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Goodhue identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goodhue?

Bertram Goodhue, American architect (1869–1924), followed by Benjamin Goodhue.

Where is the surname Goodhue most common?

Wikidata records people named Goodhue in the United States.

Is the surname Goodhue getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,313 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,311 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Goodhue

A surname, carried by 1,311 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goodhue is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,311 people named Goodhue in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,313.

#20,285

rank among US surnames

1,311

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #19,144)

Who is named Goodhue

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

94% of people named Goodhue identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goodhues

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bertram Goodhue
American architect (1869–1924)
Benjamin Goodhue
American politician (1748-1814)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goodhue

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

Questions

How common is the surname Goodhue?: 1,311 people in the United States had the surname Goodhue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. It ranked 20,285th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goodhue?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Goodhue identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goodhue?: Bertram Goodhue, American architect (1869–1924), followed by Benjamin Goodhue.
Where is the surname Goodhue most common?: Wikidata records people named Goodhue in the United States.
Is the surname Goodhue getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,313 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,311 in 2010, down 0.2%.