How common is the surname Goodyear?

2,918 people in the United States had the surname Goodyear in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,807 Americans. It ranked 10,910th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goodyear?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Goodyear identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goodyear?

Charles Goodyear, American inventor (1800-1860).

Where is the surname Goodyear most common?

Wikidata records people named Goodyear in the United States.

Is the surname Goodyear getting more or less common?

More common. 2,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,918 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Goodyear

An English nickname surname, carried by 2,918 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goodyear is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

Probably a nickname from Middle English good + year, bestowed on someone who frequently used the expression.

Goodyear is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

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 2,918 people named Goodyear in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,807 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,885.

#10,910

rank among US surnames

2,918

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,248)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,903	Wigley	2,920	105,735
#10,907	Gleeson	2,919	105,771
#10,910	Goodyear	2,918	105,807
#10,912	Edelstein	2,917	105,844
#10,914	Kinchen	2,916	105,880
#10,919	Philbrick	2,915	105,916

Who is named Goodyear

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

92% of people named Goodyear identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goodyears

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Goodyear
American inventor (1800-1860)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goodyear

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Goodyear come from?: Probably a nickname from Middle English good + year, bestowed on someone who frequently used the expression.
How common is the surname Goodyear?: 2,918 people in the United States had the surname Goodyear in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,807 Americans. It ranked 10,910th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goodyear?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Goodyear identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goodyear?: Charles Goodyear, American inventor (1800-1860).
Where is the surname Goodyear most common?: Wikidata records people named Goodyear in the United States.
What type of surname is Goodyear?: Goodyear is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Goodyear getting more or less common?: More common. 2,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,918 in 2010, up 1.1%.