Last Name GOODIN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Goodwin. The suffix '-win,' even when not the French 'in,' commonly became 'in,' 'en,' and 'ing.' Also, 'the son of Gooding.'
Origin English, Jewish, French

Rank 4,703 (2000 US census) 4,605 (1990 US census)
Count 6,894 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 88.27%, or 6085 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.64%, or 527 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.62%, or 43 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.64%, or 44 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.61%, or 111 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.22%, or 84 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Shortest baby names

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