How common is the surname Goucher?

1,491 people in the United States had the surname Goucher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. It ranked 18,511th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goucher?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goucher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goucher?

Kara Goucher, American long-distance runner.

Where is the surname Goucher most common?

Wikidata records people named Goucher in the United States.

How do you pronounce Goucher?

Goucher is /ˈɡaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Goucher getting more or less common?

More common. 1,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,491 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Goucher

A surname, carried by 1,491 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex G260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goucher is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,491 people named Goucher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,445.

#18,511

rank among US surnames

1,491

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,859)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,502	Meidinger	1,493	206,795
#18,507	In	1,492	206,934
#18,511	Frain	1,491	207,073

Who is named Goucher

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

95% of people named Goucher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gouchers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kara Goucher
American long-distance runner, born 1978

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Goucher

Gotcher

Goucher has the Soundex code G260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G260.

Questions

How common is the surname Goucher?: 1,491 people in the United States had the surname Goucher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. It ranked 18,511th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goucher?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goucher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goucher?: Kara Goucher, American long-distance runner.
Where is the surname Goucher most common?: Wikidata records people named Goucher in the United States.
How do you pronounce Goucher?: Goucher is /ˈɡaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Goucher getting more or less common?: More common. 1,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,491 in 2010, up 3.2%.