Last Name GUDEMAN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Godmund, corrupted to Goodman. Also, equivalent to house-holder, the goodman as opposite to goodwife. Like in sentences: 'The goodman of the house' and 'The goodman is not at home.'
Origin English, Irish

Rank 52,500 (2000 US census)
Count 371 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 99.73%, or 370 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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