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    The surname Goodrich

    An English surname, carried by 19,487 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɡʊdɹɪt͡ʃ/ 2 syllables Soundex G362

    Goodrich: #1,838 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Goodrich #1,838, 19,487 people Goodrich: #1,838 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goodrich #1,838, 19,487 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goodrich is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English Godrīc (“good or godly ruler”).

    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 19,487 people named Goodrich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,844 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 19,399.

    #1,838
    rank among US surnames
    19,487
    people in 2010
    6.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #1,692)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,829Gamboa19,57715,771
    #1,830Brewster19,56415,781
    #1,831Shipley19,56315,782
    #1,832Mena19,52215,815
    #1,833Prieto19,52015,817
    #1,834Gifford19,51415,822
    #1,835Oliva19,51315,823

    Who is named Goodrich

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

    90% of people named Goodrich identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Goodrichs

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gail Goodrich
      American basketball player, born 1943
    • Frances Goodrich
      American writer (1890-1984)
    • Edna Goodrich
      American actress (1883–1971)
    • Samuel Griswold Goodrich
      American author (1793-1860)
    • Chauncey Goodrich
      American lawyer and politician from Connecticut (1759-1815)
    • James T. Goodrich
      American neurosurgeon (1946-2020)
    • Angel Goodrich
      American basketball player (born 1990)
    • James P. Goodrich
      American politician (1864–1940)
    • Sarah Goodridge
      American artist (1788–1853)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Godrich
    • Godridge
    • Gooderick
    • Gooderidge
    • Goodrick
    • Goodricke
    • Goodridge
    • Goodwright
    • Gutridge

    Goodrich has the Soundex code G362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G362.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Goodrich come from?
    From Old English Godrīc (“good or godly ruler”).
    How common is the surname Goodrich?
    19,487 people in the United States had the surname Goodrich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,844 Americans. It ranked 1,838th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goodrich?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Goodrich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Goodrich?
    Gail Goodrich, American basketball player, followed by Frances Goodrich.
    Where is the surname Goodrich most common?
    Wikidata records people named Goodrich in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Goodrich?
    Goodrich is /ˈɡʊdɹɪt͡ʃ/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Goodrich getting more or less common?
    More common. 19,399 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,487 in 2010, up 0.5%.
    What are other spellings of Goodrich?
    Godrich, Godridge, Gooderick, Gooderidge, Goodrick and Goodricke.