How common is the surname Gove?

2,636 people in the United States had the surname Gove in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,127 Americans. It ranked 11,877th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gove?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gove identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gove?

David Gove, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Gove most common?

Wikidata records people named Gove in the United States.

How do you pronounce Gove?

Gove is /ɡoʊv/, one syllable.

Is the surname Gove getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,636 in 2010, down 5.8%.

The surname Gove

A surname, carried by 2,636 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡoʊv/ 1 syllable Soundex G100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gove is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,636 people named Gove in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,127 Americans. That is down 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,798.

#11,877

rank among US surnames

2,636

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-5.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,519)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,870	Douthit	2,638	117,038
#11,874	Bousquet	2,637	117,082
#11,877	Gove	2,636	117,127
#11,882	Erikson	2,635	117,171
#11,886	Burse	2,634	117,215

Who is named Gove

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

93% of people named Gove identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goves

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Gove
American ice hockey player, 1978–2017

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gove

Gove has the Soundex code G100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G100.

Questions

How common is the surname Gove?: 2,636 people in the United States had the surname Gove in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,127 Americans. It ranked 11,877th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gove?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gove identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gove?: David Gove, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Gove most common?: Wikidata records people named Gove in the United States.
How do you pronounce Gove?: Gove is /ɡoʊv/, one syllable.
Is the surname Gove getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,636 in 2010, down 5.8%.