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The surname Goodrow

A French surname, carried by 1,441 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G360

Goodrow: #18,939 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Goodrow #18,939, 1,441 people Goodrow: #18,939 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goodrow #18,939, 1,441 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goodrow is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

Anglicized spelling of French Goudreau.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,441 people named Goodrow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,375.

#18,939
rank among US surnames
1,441
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+4.8%
change since 2000 (was #18,520)

Who is named Goodrow

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

95% of people named Goodrow identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goodrow

Goodrow has the Soundex code G360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G360.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Goodrow come from?
Anglicized spelling of French Goudreau.
How common is the surname Goodrow?
1,441 people in the United States had the surname Goodrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. It ranked 18,939th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goodrow?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goodrow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Goodrow getting more or less common?
More common. 1,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,441 in 2010, up 4.8%.