How common is the surname Gooding?

7,123 people in the United States had the surname Gooding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,345 Americans. It ranked 4,942nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gooding?

Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor, followed by Omar Gooding.

Where is the surname Gooding most common?

Wikidata records people named Gooding in the United States.

Is the surname Gooding getting more or less common?

More common. 6,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,123 in 2010, up 4.8%.

What are other spellings of Gooding?

Godding, Goding, Goodinge and Goodings.

The surname Gooding

An English surname, carried by 7,123 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gooding is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English hypocorism Gōding, from gōd (“god”) + -ing (“diminutive suffix”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,123 people named Gooding in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,345 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,795.

#4,942

rank among US surnames

7,123

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,770)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,933	Loving	7,135	43,272
#4,934	Bocanegra	7,134	43,278
#4,936	Ridge	7,133	43,284
#4,938	Moll	7,131	43,296
#4,939	Roddy	7,127	43,321
#4,940	Nation	7,125	43,333
#4,941	Rigsby	7,124	43,339

Who is named Gooding

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

70% of people named Gooding identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goodings

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cuba Gooding Jr.
American actor, born 1968
Omar Gooding
American actor (born 1976)
Mason Gooding
American actor, born 1996
Celia Rose Gooding
American actor and singer, born 2000
Cuba Gooding Sr.
American singer and actor (1944–2017)
Frank R. Gooding
American politician (1859-1928)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Godding
Goding
Goodinge
Goodings

Surnames that sound like Gooding

Gooding has the Soundex code G352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G352.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gooding come from?: From the Old English hypocorism Gōding, from gōd (“god”) + -ing (“diminutive suffix”).
How common is the surname Gooding?: 7,123 people in the United States had the surname Gooding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,345 Americans. It ranked 4,942nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gooding?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Gooding identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gooding?: Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor, followed by Omar Gooding.
Where is the surname Gooding most common?: Wikidata records people named Gooding in the United States.
Is the surname Gooding getting more or less common?: More common. 6,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,123 in 2010, up 4.8%.
What are other spellings of Gooding?: Godding, Goding, Goodinge and Goodings.