# Goto (surname)

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

A surname from Japanese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,302 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,803 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 93,503 people |
| Change since 2000 | -29.7% (4,695 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 後藤 (Gotō).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goto 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) | 6.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 51% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 38% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 4.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Goto in the United States.

## People named Goto

- Ryu Goto, American violinist

## Similar surnames

Good, Goode, Godoy, Gott, Gootee, Goody, Gotti, Goth, Gotha, 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.