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    The surname Goodlett

    A surname, carried by 1,846 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G343

    Goodlett: #15,784 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Goodlett #15,784, 1,846 people Goodlett: #15,784 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goodlett #15,784, 1,846 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goodlett is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    Of Scottish origin.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,846 people named Goodlett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,251 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,851.

    #15,784
    rank among US surnames
    1,846
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #14,715)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,777Sanz1,847167,161
    #15,784Sood1,846167,251
    #15,788Vandoren1,845167,342
    #15,792Waddy1,844167,433

    Who is named Goodlett

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

    72% of people named Goodlett identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Goodlett come from?
    Of Scottish origin.
    How common is the surname Goodlett?
    1,846 people in the United States had the surname Goodlett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,251 Americans. It ranked 15,784th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goodlett?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Goodlett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Goodlett getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,846 in 2010, down 0.3%.