How common is the surname Goulet?

5,637 people in the United States had the surname Goulet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,771 Americans. It ranked 6,084th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goulet?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Goulet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goulet?

Brent Goulet, American soccer player and coach, followed by Yann Goulet.

Where is the surname Goulet most common?

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

Is the surname Goulet getting more or less common?

More common. 5,451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,637 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Goulet

A French surname, carried by 5,637 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goulet is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Goulet.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,637 people named Goulet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,771 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,451.

#6,084

rank among US surnames

5,637

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,810)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,077	McLane	5,640	54,742
#6,079	Munger	5,639	54,752
#6,083	Koon	5,638	54,762
#6,084	Kwong	5,637	54,771
#6,087	Hollinger	5,634	54,800
#6,088	Laguna	5,633	54,810

Who is named Goulet

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

92% of people named Goulet identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goulets

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brent Goulet
American soccer player and coach, born 1964
Yann Goulet
Breton nationalist and World War II Nazi collaborationist (1914-1999)

Notable Goulets come mostly from the United States (1) and Bretons (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goulet

Goulet has the Soundex code G430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G430.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Goulet come from?: From French Goulet.
How common is the surname Goulet?: 5,637 people in the United States had the surname Goulet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,771 Americans. It ranked 6,084th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goulet?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Goulet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goulet?: Brent Goulet, American soccer player and coach, followed by Yann Goulet.
Where is the surname Goulet most common?: Wikidata records people named Goulet in the United States and Bretons.
Is the surname Goulet getting more or less common?: More common. 5,451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,637 in 2010, up 3.4%.