How common is the surname Goodnight?

3,564 people in the United States had the surname Goodnight in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. It ranked 9,155th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Goodnight?

James Goodnight, American businessman.

Where is the surname Goodnight most common?

Wikidata records people named Goodnight in the United States.

Is the surname Goodnight getting more or less common?

More common. 3,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,564 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Goodnight

A surname, carried by 3,564 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). Goodnight is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,564 people named Goodnight in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,480.

#9,155

rank among US surnames

3,564

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,692)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,147	Pletcher	3,567	86,556
#9,149	Adamski	3,566	86,580
#9,150	Stouffer	3,565	86,605
#9,155	Tolle	3,564	86,629
#9,161	Tincher	3,563	86,653
#9,164	Boos	3,562	86,678

Who is named Goodnight

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

89% of people named Goodnight identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goodnights

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Goodnight
American businessman, born 1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goodnight

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

Questions

How common is the surname Goodnight?: 3,564 people in the United States had the surname Goodnight in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. It ranked 9,155th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goodnight?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Goodnight identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Goodnight?: James Goodnight, American businessman.
Where is the surname Goodnight most common?: Wikidata records people named Goodnight in the United States.
Is the surname Goodnight getting more or less common?: More common. 3,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,564 in 2010, up 2.4%.