Goff

31,014 people in the United States were counted with the surname Goff in the 2020 census, making it the 1,113th most common in the country. That is about one person in 9,638.

By the numbers

People: 31,014
Rank: 1,113th
How common: 1 in 9,638
Per 100,000: 10.4

Where the name comes from

As a Welsh surname, related to Gough.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Goff described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 83.9%
Black, not Hispanic 7.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Goff

Jacques Le Goff (1924–2014)French historian
Nicolas Le Goff (born 1992)French volleyball player
Jared Goff (born 1994)American football player
Phil Goff (born 1953)New Zealand politician
Trish Goff (born 1976)American fashion model, actress, real estate broker
Nathan Goff Jr. (1843–1920)Union Army officer
Vincent Le Goff (born 1989)French footballer

People named Goff with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Goff

Goforth

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.