Last Name GOLIGHTLY

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Meaning Nickname: Go lightly. A sobriquet for a messenger, a pursuivant, herald, barbinger. A North-English surname. Possibly the name is local as ending in '-ly' (ley). Nevertheless it was extremely common for pursuivants to have nicknames of this kind.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 13,359 (2000 US census) 10,224 (1990 US census)
Count 2,092 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 83.89%, or 1755 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 11.71%, or 245 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.33%, or 7 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.2%, or 25 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.39%, or 29 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.48%, or 31 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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