Goodspeed Surname

129,346th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Goodspeed Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. ; literally 'good success,' as a sobriquet applied to a fortunate man.

Robert Godspeede, Close Rolls, 9 Henry IV.

John Godespede, Close Rolls, 19 Richard II.

Ralph Godisped.

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Goodspeed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0421:119,15212,771
England1531:364,17025,923
Canada1181:312,25128,740
Australia951:284,16525,304
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
China41:341,830,39216,990
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England911:267,86118,927
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0451:48,0565,494

Goodspeed (19) may also be a first name.

Goodspeed Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. ; literally 'good success,' as a sobriquet applied to a fortunate man.

Robert Godspeede, Close Rolls, 9 Henry IV.

John Godespede, Close Rolls, 19 Richard II.

Ralph Godisped. 1273, Hundred Rolls.

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

V. Godspeed.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) A wish of success, possibly a nickname for one who frequently voiced Italian

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

The sobriquet of a good runner?

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Goodspeed Last Name Facts

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

The surname Goodspeed is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goodspeed? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 129,346th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,082,751 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Goodspeed are found; 90 percent are found in North America and 90 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Goodspeed is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 19 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 3,042 people, or 1 in 119,152. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 14 percent reside, Texas, where 12 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Goodspeed Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Goodspeed has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Goodspeed last name grew 291 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 168 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Goodspeed Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Goodspeed last name are 10.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.27% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Goodspeed earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 30.54% less than the national average, earning R 165,060 per year; in United States they earn 4.11% more than the national average, earning $44,921 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.22% more than the national average, earning $51,778 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godspeed9416/
Goospeed942/
Goodspee941/
Goodsped940/
Goodspeer891/
Goodspped891/
Goodspeep891/
Goodspead891/
Godspeer821/
Godspied820/
Goodspeth780/
Gaspeed7521/
Godspet751/
Godsper751/
Godspey750/
Gospe7143/
Gouspeer714/
Gosper671,182/
Gospei675/
Gospes671/
Godspa671/
Goushpeer671/
Goospy671/
Ghouspeer671/

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