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    The surname Goodrum

    A surname, carried by 2,609 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G365

    Goodrum: #11,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Goodrum #11,971, 2,609 people Goodrum: #11,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goodrum #11,971, 2,609 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goodrum is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,609 people named Goodrum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,339 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,606.

    #11,971
    rank among US surnames
    2,609
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,166)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,965Germann2,612118,203
    #11,968Holtzclaw2,611118,248
    #11,970Tadeo2,610118,293
    #11,971Goodrum2,609118,339
    #11,977Fleshman2,608118,384

    Who is named Goodrum

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

    63% of people named Goodrum identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    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

    How common is the surname Goodrum?
    2,609 people in the United States had the surname Goodrum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,339 Americans. It ranked 11,971st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goodrum?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Goodrum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Goodrum getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,609 in 2010, up 0.1%.