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    The surname Gouin

    A Norman surname, carried by 1,365 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G500

    Gouin: #19,731 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gouin #19,731, 1,365 people Gouin: #19,731 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gouin #19,731, 1,365 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gouin is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    From French Gouin from Norman Gouin.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,365 people named Gouin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. That is down 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,848.

    #19,731
    rank among US surnames
    1,365
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -26.1%
    change since 2000 (was #14,737)

    Who is named Gouin

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

    87% of people named Gouin identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gouin

    Gouin has the Soundex code G500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G500.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gouin come from?
    From French Gouin from Norman Gouin.
    How common is the surname Gouin?
    1,365 people in the United States had the surname Gouin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. It ranked 19,731st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gouin?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Gouin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gouin getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,848 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,365 in 2010, down 26%.