# Goth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goth/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 677 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,645 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 456,050 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (664 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɡɑθ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, singular Gota, and partly from Late Latin Gothi. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutô, perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Old Norse Goti (“Gotlander, Goth”), and related also to Gutnish, Gotland.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goth in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Goth in the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.

## People named Goth

- Mia Goth, British actress (born 1993)
- Amon Göth, Austrian SS functionary, commandant of Plaszow concentration camp and convicted war crimin

## Similar surnames

Guth, Gath, Gotha, Gott, Goto, Gotti, Good, Goode, Godoy, Goad, Gaddy, Guido.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.