Goodacre Surname

154,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,831 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Goodacre Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at 1 the Good Field [Old English gód + æcer] 2 the God-Acre (i.e. the Churchyard) [Old English God + æcer] 3 the Goat-Field [Middle English goot, Old English gát + æcer]

Goodacre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3661:40,7895,245
Australia5241:51,5196,372
United States5131:706,54855,809
Canada2111:174,62417,463
New Zealand601:75,47211,103
Wales311:99,8247,946
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Israel241:356,56829,419
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Northern Ireland171:108,5326,545
Paraguay91:804,0838,568
Cayman Islands81:7,987922
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
France21:33,211,361423,184
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9601:25,3913,501
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States591:851,16452,255

Goodacre Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at 1 the Good Field [Old English gód + æcer] 2 the God-Acre (i.e. the Churchyard) [Old English God + æcer] 3 the Goat-Field [Middle English goot, Old English gát + æcer]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Probably German gottesaker, a burying ground (literally God's Field).-Analogous to our Churchyard, and the medieval In Cemeterio.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(English), Good field. Goodbody, Good fellow or messenger. (variant: Peabody.) Goodbow, Good boy, or archer? Goodchepe, Good market. (variant: Goedkoop.) Goodenough and Goodenow, Good enough. Goodfellow, Boon compa­nion, or synonymous with Goethals, q. v. Goodhue, Good Hugh. Goodmadam, Patroness. (variant: Godard.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

From Goatacre; a location name in Wiltshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Goodacre Last Name Facts

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

The last name Goodacre is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goodacre? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 154,965th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,574,195 people. Goodacre occurs mostly in Europe, where 51 percent of Goodacre live; 51 percent live in Northern Europe and 51 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 1,366 people, or 1 in 40,789. In England Goodacre is primarily found in: Leicestershire, where 13 percent live, Lincolnshire, where 10 percent live and Greater London, where 8 percent live. Besides England this surname exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.

Goodacre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Goodacre has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Goodacre last name grew 142 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 869 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,033 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Goodacre Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Goodacre surname is principally Methodist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Goodacre last name are 23.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.49% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Goodacre earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 416.27% more than the national average, earning R 1,226,860 per year; in United States they earn 9.7% more than the national average, earning $47,335 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.56% less than the national average, earning $49,406 CAD per year.

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