Gooding Surname
Approximately 20,353 people bear this surname
Gooding Surname Definition:
Bapt 'the son of Goodwin,' which see. From the form Godwin (which see) just the same variants have issued. The suffix -win, even when not the French in, commonly became in, en, and ing. (2) Bapt. —the son of Gooding'; compare Harding, Browning, &c.
Read More About This SurnameGooding Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,219 | 1:39,317 | 4,844 |
| England | 4,657 | 1:11,964 | 1,758 |
| Australia | 1,761 | 1:15,330 | 2,177 |
| Canada | 1,085 | 1:33,959 | 4,366 |
| Barbados | 752 | 1:382 | 92 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 420 | 1:3,248 | 547 |
| French Polynesia | 295 | 1:952 | 100 |
| Wales | 275 | 1:11,253 | 1,251 |
| Liberia | 271 | 1:16,268 | 1,692 |
| New Zealand | 262 | 1:17,284 | 3,026 |
| Panama | 240 | 1:16,301 | 1,183 |
| South Africa | 155 | 1:349,534 | 32,108 |
| Scotland | 117 | 1:45,759 | 4,089 |
| Suriname | 109 | 1:5,070 | 1,155 |
| Guyana | 87 | 1:8,761 | 1,376 |
| Bahamas | 81 | 1:4,836 | 493 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 77 | 1:1,463 | 314 |
| Grenada | 76 | 1:1,428 | 262 |
| Northern Ireland | 65 | 1:28,385 | 3,035 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Venezuela | 29 | 1:1,041,520 | 15,561 |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 1:283,585 | 406 |
| Ireland | 24 | 1:196,206 | 8,013 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Colombia | 21 | 1:2,274,956 | 12,893 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 13 | 1:8,490 | 1,249 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,459 | 1:9,913 | 1,496 |
| Wales | 55 | 1:28,517 | 1,601 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:220,189 | 7,953 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,810 | 1:27,745 | 3,412 |
Gooding (45) may also be a first name.
Gooding Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Bapt 'the son of Goodwin,' which see. From the form Godwin (which see) just the same variants have issued. The suffix -win, even when not the French in, commonly became in, en, and ing. (2) Bapt. —the son of Gooding'; compare Harding, Browning, &c.
(English) God(a)’s Son [Anglo-Saxon Goding-gód, good + the fil suff. -ing] Cp. Godding.
(English) Descendant of Goding, or sometimes of Godwin (God’s friend).
Probably the same as Godin, an ancient Teutonic baptismal appellation.
Gooding was a Stowmarket name 300 years ago (H.), and the name is still in the town.
Gooding Demographics
Average Male Gooding Height
176.13 cm
Average Female Gooding Height
160.67 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gooding Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gooding Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gooding occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gooding? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gooding is the 26,444th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 358,058 people. The surname Gooding is mostly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Gooding reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Gooding is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 45 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 9,219 people, or 1 in 39,317. In The United States it is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 8 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and New York, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 68 countries. It also occurs in England, where 23 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.
Gooding Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gooding has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 509 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 688 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 600 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Gooding Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Gooding last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Gooding surname are 10.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.76% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gooding earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 35.69% more than the national average, earning 469,586 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 181.82% more than the national average, earning R 669,720 per year; in Colombia they earn 49.77% more than the national average, earning $34,001,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.89% more than the national average, earning $44,395 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.45% more than the national average, earning $50,900 CAD per year.
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