Last Name GOOS

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Meaning Nickname: The goose. Also, 'the son of Goce.' Goose has been a well known name in Norfolk for seven centuries. Just as Goslings represent the old first name Gocelin, so Goose in Norfolk represents its parent, the old first name Goce. Hence all the Norfolk Gooches.
Origin English, Irish, Anglo-saxon, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 34,799 (2000 US census) 47,254 (1990 US census)
Count 614 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 97.07%, or 596 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 1.79%, or 11 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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