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    The surname Goth

    A surname, carried by 677 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ɡɑθ/ 1 syllable Soundex G300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goth is more common than 79.3% of them.

    Origin

    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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 677 people named Goth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 456,050 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 664.

    #33,645
    rank among US surnames
    677
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #32,609)

    Who is named Goth

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

    95% of people named Goth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Goths

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mia Goth
      British actress (born 1993)
    • Amon Göth
      Austrian SS functionary, commandant of Plaszow concentration camp and convicted war crimin, 1908–1946

    Notable Goths come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and Nazi Germany (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Goth

    Goth has the Soundex code G300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Goth come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Goth?
    677 people in the United States had the surname Goth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 456,050 Americans. It ranked 33,645th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goth?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Goth?
    Mia Goth, British actress (born 1993), followed by Amon Göth.
    Where is the surname Goth most common?
    Wikidata records people named Goth in the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
    How do you pronounce Goth?
    Goth is /ɡɑθ/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Goth getting more or less common?
    More common. 664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 677 in 2010, up 2.0%.