Good Surname

6,529th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86,576 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Good Surname Definition:

Nick 'the good,' corresponding to French le bon.

Richard le Gode, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

(a) Bapt. 'the son of Gode.' This is the source of most of our Goods; compare Goodwin and Godwin as compounds.

Goda Herrt, 1273.

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Good Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States48,1251:7,532895
England5,6151:9,9231,462
Canada4,8001:7,6761,120
India3,9541:193,99711,708
Australia2,6431:10,2141,518
Somaliland2,3971:1,460179
Egypt2,3191:39,6454,075
Switzerland2,0971:3,917553
Ethiopia1,9321:50,4905,344
Iran1,6481:46,5915,288
Ghana1,1081:24,3872,946
New Zealand1,0041:4,510711
Nigeria9811:180,57411,094
Saudi Arabia8751:35,2645,116
Philippines6731:150,42825,132
Ireland6531:7,2111,043
Morocco5791:59,5449,923
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
Scotland4921:10,8821,491
Somalia4901:27,4531,466
Malawi4441:38,5575,632
South Africa3681:147,22216,772
Uganda3531:110,59310,800
Brazil3191:671,07924,765
Sweden2351:41,9013,326
Wales2041:15,1691,654
Thailand1461:483,82484,756
Northern Ireland1211:15,2482,073
Indonesia991:1,335,85092,420
Singapore861:64,0432,603
China821:16,674,653960
France631:1,054,329115,549
Zimbabwe611:253,08627,132
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Honduras591:149,4311,974
Germany561:1,437,59788,094
Iraq521:673,4939,953
Netherlands521:324,75337,631
Belgium491:234,62529,441
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Denmark421:134,39812,049
Argentina391:1,095,98566,746
Belize341:10,4551,333
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Spain311:1,508,13046,256
Malaysia301:983,14144,226
Guernsey291:2,222539
Liechtenstein291:1,323139
Pakistan191:9,402,31046,838
Mexico181:6,895,90033,734
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
Hong Kong151:489,0323,321
Israel141:611,26042,949
Panama141:279,4476,847
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
Jamaica131:220,7656,223
Japan121:10,653,69145,407
Norway121:428,52437,411
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Turkey121:6,485,118119,359
Myanmar91:5,770,887975
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Cayman Islands81:7,987922
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Northern Mariana Islands81:6,822652
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Yemen81:3,303,16216,088
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
South Korea71:7,320,0371,243
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Bahamas51:78,350887
Iceland51:76,0184,442
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Barbados41:71,8621,737
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland6441:6,8791,082
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,2471:7,5071,152
Scotland3781:9,9031,260
Wales971:16,169965
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,6021:5,230656

Good (16,512) may also be a first name.

Good Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Nick 'the good,' corresponding to French le bon.

Richard le Gode, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

(a) Bapt. 'the son of Gode.' This is the source of most of our Goods; compare Goodwin and Godwin as compounds.

Goda Herrt, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William fil. Gode, ibid.

Goda Poggel, ibid.

Norman fil. Gode, ibid.

Goda de Castre, ibid.

Gode de Scorham, temp. 1300: Cartularium Abbatiale de Whiteby, Ordinis S. Benedicti.

Hawen Cropure et Gude uxor ejus, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Goda de Berewyk, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill sive Liber feodorum in Curia Scaccarii. Temp. Henry III & Edward I.

Hugo Gud, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Cecilia Gud, 1379: ibid.

Robertus Godde and Elena uxor ejus: ibid.

Willelmus Gude: ibid.

1402. Goda Pope: Cal. of Wills in Court of Husting (2).

1770. Married — Bartholomew Goode and Mary Caporn: St. George, Hanover Square.

1805. — Abraham Good and Elizabeth Turner: ibid.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(1) probably from the Old English personal name Goda or Gode. (2) shortened from a personal name, as Goodman, Goodrich, Goodwin. (3) less probably, I think, from the adjective 'good'. George Gude and Mariota Hommyll, his spouse, are mentioned in 1517 (RSS., I, 2946; for many additional references to him see Inchcolm, p. 135). Thomas Gude, bailie of Lowdoun, Ayr, 1533 (Laing, 390). John Gwid, mason, was builder of the tower of Pollok, 1536 (Pollok, I, p. 271), and John Gud held a tenement in Glasgow, 1555 (Protocols, l). Herbert Guld was infeft in lands of Auchencairn, 1561 (Nisbet, I, p. 219). Magnus Guld, retoured heir of James Guld in Kirkwall, 1636, may be the Magnus Good, merchant and burgess of the same town, 1648 (Retours, Orkney, 23, 55). George Good was author of Liberton in ancient and modern times, Edinburgh, 1893. Godde 1564, Gud 1554.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) 1 Upright, Virtuous [Middle English go(o)d, Old English gód] 2 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name God(a [from god, a (heathen) god]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Goda or Gode (good), which is also the first element in many names such as Godmund, Godric and Godwine. In these names it often refers to God; occasionally it refers to the good man.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From excellence of character, like the French Le Bon.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

For Wood.

— Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

In some cases for Gooch or Goodge (Robson), in others from Godes. Alyered and Ralph Godes of Normandy, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Henry, William, Hugh Godde, England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

— The Norman People (1874)

Goad: are from Goude.

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould
DNA test information
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Good Demographics

Average Good Salary in
United States

$43,075 USD

Per year
Rank:
649,478 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0127318
Rank: 924 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
99.83%
Sample size: 25,208 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Good Last Name Facts

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

The last name Good (Arabic: جيد) is found most in The United States. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Good? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,529th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 84,175 people. The last name Good is predominantly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Good are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 59 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Good is also the 43,427th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 16,512 people.

The surname Good is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 48,125 people, or 1 in 7,532. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Ohio, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Good is found in 144 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Good Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Good has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Good surname grew 501 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 173 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 101 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 130 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 210 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Good Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Good last name is chiefly Anglican (63%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Christian (91%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Good surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Good earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 11.56% more than the national average, earning 386,072 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 138.01% more than the national average, earning R 565,608 per year; in United States they earn 0.17% less than the national average, earning $43,075 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.55% more than the national average, earning $51,449 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghood89195/
Goods89179/
Goodz89117/
Goodh8911/
Goodd891/
Goodt891/
Ngood891/
Goosd890/
God8662,363/
Goo8615,332/
Ood86295/
Goodch801/
Goodte801/
Goodts801/
Ghoods801/
Ghgood801/
Goud75118,044/
Hood75109,809/
Goos755,860/
Ngoo754,663/
Godh753,080/
Goot75835/
Godt75726/
Godø75568/
Ghod75326/
Goed75279/
Godz75272/
Goyd75270/
Gooß75248/
Goop75212/
Gods75129/
Godd7578/
Gohd7567/
Ghoo7563/
Gooz7540/
Goid7527/
Gooa7515/
Gosd7511/
Gooy757/
Gooe756/
Ngod756/
Hgoo756/
Oodh756/
Ggoo753/
Oods752/
Hgod752/
Oodd751/
Qgoo751/
Ooyd751/
Ggod751/
Godp751/
Gojd751/
Goodová732/
Go67337,643/
Gooch6724,050/
Od673,422/
Ghods672,052/
Godts67816/
Ghoos67500/
Gooss67324/
Goohe67254/
Hoods67224/
Gouyd67195/
Goots67178/
Goote67144/
Goott67117/
Kgooe6792/
Goosh6790/
Goudt6768/
Kgooa6768/
Goohs6763/
Ghoud6761/
Gouds6752/
Ghodh6745/
Ngooy6741/
Gooth6734/
Goudh6732/
Gojdz6727/
Ngoot6726/
Goost6724/
Goudz6724/
Ghoid6720/
Gooij6719/
Goedt6718/
Nggoo6716/
Ghoot6714/
Hoodt6711/
Ghooy679/
Goydz677/
Hoodh677/
Goudd675/
Godås675/
Goosz674/
Kgoed674/
Goudp673/
Ngoud673/
Godgy673/
Goidh673/
Goidz673/
Godds672/
Goutd672/
Hootd671/
Ggoud671/
Godte671/
Godth671/
Godtz671/
Goetd671/
Gooph671/
Gousd671/
Goddd671/
Hoodp671/
Nghoo671/
Ghodt671/
Ghoop671/
Ng'oo671/
Goedh671/
Ghooj671/
Goedd670/
Goopp670/
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Good Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Good in the Arabic language
جيدjyd-
جيداjyda-

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