# Goulet (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goulet/  
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 French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,637 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,084 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 54,771 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (5,451 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French Goulet.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goulet 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Goulet in the United States and Bretons.

## People named Goulet

- Brent Goulet, American soccer player and coach
- Yann Goulet, Breton nationalist and World War II Nazi collaborationist (1914-1999)

## Similar surnames

Gould, Gault, Gullett, Goldie, Goulette, Gullette, Gold, Gillette, Gillett, Guillot, Guild, Galati.

## 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.