How common is the surname Goza?

1,644 people in the United States had the surname Goza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,801 Americans. It ranked 17,229th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goza?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Goza identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Goza getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,644 in 2010, down 6.6%.

The surname Goza

A surname, carried by 1,644 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goza is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,644 people named Goza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,801 Americans. That is down 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,760.

#17,229

rank among US surnames

1,644

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-6.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,327)

Who is named Goza

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

85% of people named Goza identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goza

Goza has the Soundex code G200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G200.

Questions

How common is the surname Goza?: 1,644 people in the United States had the surname Goza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,801 Americans. It ranked 17,229th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goza?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Goza identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Goza getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,644 in 2010, down 6.6%.