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    The surname Goodwyn

    A surname, carried by 1,546 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G350

    Goodwyn: #18,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Goodwyn #18,043, 1,546 people Goodwyn: #18,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goodwyn #18,043, 1,546 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goodwyn is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,546 people named Goodwyn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,706 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,443.

    #18,043
    rank among US surnames
    1,546
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #17,884)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,036Erhart1,547199,577
    #18,043Wadlington1,546199,706

    Who is named Goodwyn

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

    54% of people named Goodwyn identified as Black (not Hispanic), 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 54%
    • White (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Goodwyn

    Goodwyn has the Soundex code G350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Goodwyn?
    1,546 people in the United States had the surname Goodwyn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,706 Americans. It ranked 18,043rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goodwyn?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Goodwyn identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Goodwyn getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,443 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,546 in 2010, up 7.1%.