How common is the surname Goshorn?

1,521 people in the United States had the surname Goshorn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. It ranked 18,262nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Goshorn getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,548 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,521 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Goshorn

A surname, carried by 1,521 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G265

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goshorn is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,521 people named Goshorn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,548.

#18,262

rank among US surnames

1,521

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,944)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,253	Berberich	1,522	202,855
#18,262	Raybon	1,521	202,989

Who is named Goshorn

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

95% of people named Goshorn identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Goshorn?: 1,521 people in the United States had the surname Goshorn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. It ranked 18,262nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goshorn?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goshorn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname Goshorn getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,548 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,521 in 2010, down 1.7%.