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    The surname Goyal

    A surname, carried by 2,118 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G400

    Goyal: #14,178 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Goyal #14,178, 2,118 people Goyal: #14,178 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goyal #14,178, 2,118 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goyal is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,118 people named Goyal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,772 Americans. That is up 99% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,063.

    #14,178
    rank among US surnames
    2,118
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +99.2%
    change since 2000 (was #22,570)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,172Stalcup2,119145,703
    #14,178Dunfee2,118145,772
    #14,184Pusateri2,117145,841

    Who is named Goyal

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

    96% of people named Goyal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Goyal

    Goyal has the Soundex code G400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Goyal?
    2,118 people in the United States had the surname Goyal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,772 Americans. It ranked 14,178th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goyal?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Goyal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Goyal getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,118 in 2010, up 99%.