Goffman Surname

582,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 538 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Monaco

Goffman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goffman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3591:1,009,63574,488
Russia541:2,668,945150,916
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
England171:3,277,533109,658
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
France21:33,211,361423,184
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Goffman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Goffman Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Goffman (Russian: Гоффман) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goffman? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 582,776th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,545,624 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Goffman are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 359 people, or 1 in 1,009,635. In The United States Goffman is most prevalent in: California, where 21 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 12 percent are found and New York, where 9 percent are found. Barring The United States it occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 10 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.

Goffman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Goffman has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,056 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 567 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Goffman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Goffman last name are 43.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.55% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Goffman earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 1.95% more than the national average, earning $43,991 USD per year and in Canada they earn 73.02% more than the national average, earning $85,963 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goffmann9319/
Goeffman930/
Gooffman930/
Gofman9212,830/
Offman92735/
Hoffman86223,445/
Offmann86109/
Goyfman8666/
Gofmann8647/
Goufman8615/
Goifman8612/
Gofmane866/
Gaffman865/
Gosfman862/
Gofmand861/
Geffman861/
Uoffman861/
Goofman860/
Ofman83918/
Hoffmann80370,350/
Hosffman805/
Hoffmman804/
Houffman804/
Hoffmaan804/
Hooffman803/
Hoffmaun803/
Hoffmamn803/
Goodfman802/
Hopffman802/
Goifmann801/
Hofffman801/
Hoffmahn801/
Hoiffman801/
Gaffmann801/
Hoffmane801/
Hotffman801/
Hoffmayn801/
Hoffmain800/
Hofman7728,888/
Oifman7742/
Ofmann7731/
Oyfman7714/
Ofhman775/
Gafman774/
Offmam774/
Ofmane773/
Gefman772/
Offmon771/
Ofmanh771/
Oufman771/
Affman771/
Hoffmmann756/
Hoffmannn754/
Hofffmann754/
Gofmanova752/
Hoffmamnn752/
Hooffmann751/
Hofmann71203,735/
Hoffmanová71553/
Hoffmam71460/
Hoofman71421/
Hofmane71176/
Gaufman7168/
Hoffmon7125/
Haffman7125/
Hoffmanova7124/
Affmann7120/
Hofmman7111/
Hoifman7111/
Houfman713/
Hofmand713/
Auffman712/
Hosfman712/
Hoyfman712/
Hopfman712/
Oufmane711/
Euffman711/
Ochfman711/
Hojfman711/
Gasfman710/
Hofmasn710/
Hoffmannová671,290/
Afman67511/
Hauffman67117/
Hopfmann67104/
Hoffmannova6736/
Haffmann6736/
Ofmam6715/
Hofmannn6711/
Hofmmann674/
Hoffmonn674/
Gaufmann671/
Hoifmann671/
Hoffmaim670/
Heuffman670/
Hoofmann670/

Goffman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Goffman in the Russian language
Гоффманgoffman-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Goffman
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