How common is the surname Goosby?

1,191 people in the United States had the surname Goosby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. It ranked 21,830th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Goosby getting more or less common?

More common. 1,187 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,191 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Goosby

A surname, carried by 1,191 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goosby is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

See Goolsby.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,191 people named Goosby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,187.

#21,830

rank among US surnames

1,191

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,711)

Who is named Goosby

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

82% of people named Goosby identified as Black (not Hispanic), 8.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 82%
White (not Hispanic) 8.5%
Two or more races 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Goosby come from?: See Goolsby.
How common is the surname Goosby?: 1,191 people in the United States had the surname Goosby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. It ranked 21,830th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goosby?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Goosby identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Goosby getting more or less common?: More common. 1,187 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,191 in 2010, up 0.3%.