Goodwin Surname

3,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151,126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Goodwin Surname Definition:

A surname found in the shires of Ayr, Lanark, and Stirling. From the Old English personal name Godwine, 'God friend.' The spelling Goodwin is due to the fact that the o in Godwin was originally pronounced long. Godwin, dapifer, and Godwin, camerarius of the bishop, witnessed a quitclaim by Robert, bishop of St.

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Goodwin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States94,6541:3,829417
England27,3171:2,040245
Australia11,7021:2,307306
Canada6,6781:5,517804
New Zealand2,2781:1,988266
South Africa1,6361:33,1164,236
Scotland1,6041:3,338588
Wales1,3111:2,360260
Ireland6661:7,0701,029
Northern Ireland4661:3,959785
Jamaica2581:11,1241,165
Antigua and Barbuda2171:45776
France2021:328,82549,763
Thailand1961:360,40063,106
Spain1341:348,89620,016
India1301:5,900,503139,327
Japan1181:1,083,42620,860
Dominican Republic1161:89,9394,002
Russia1081:1,334,47394,603
Germany861:936,11065,790
Zimbabwe821:188,27122,304
Nigeria691:2,567,28683,988
Singapore681:80,9963,278
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Switzerland591:139,20213,535
Sweden571:172,75011,943
Brazil551:3,892,261106,836
Bahamas501:7,835653
Luxembourg431:13,5012,808
United States Virgin Islands421:2,628454
Falkland Islands371:857
Israel361:237,71222,042
Denmark321:176,39714,920
Norway321:160,69619,635
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
Portugal281:372,08012,265
China271:50,641,5392,733
Belgium251:459,86646,150
Philippines251:4,049,529157,830
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Guernsey221:2,929767
Isle of Man191:4,517958
Jersey191:5,2211,083
Malta181:23,9041,289
Bermuda171:3,840587
Costa Rica171:281,1813,072
Cook Islands131:1,398376
Italy131:4,704,361107,811
Malawi131:1,316,85519,514
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Greece121:923,31684,525
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Panama101:391,2268,067
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Barbados81:35,9311,672
Finland81:687,08836,047
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Macau41:150,408604
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Egypt21:45,967,877132,655
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Sudan21:18,755,09814,167
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belize11:355,4743,977
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland6671:6,6411,054
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England14,4301:1,689212
Scotland7921:4,726743
Wales5441:2,883193
Isle of Man171:3,192355
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,2911:2,475261

Goodwin (5,681) may also be a first name.

Goodwin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A surname found in the shires of Ayr, Lanark, and Stirling. From the Old English personal name Godwine, 'God friend.' The spelling Goodwin is due to the fact that the o in Godwin was originally pronounced long. Godwin, dapifer, and Godwin, camerarius of the bishop, witnessed a quitclaim by Robert, bishop of St. Andrews, 1127 (Nat. MSS., I, 27). Thomas Goodwyn, brother of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in 1414, appears again in 1426 as Thomas Gudewyne, brother of the order of St. John of Jerusalem (Bain, IV, 854; Egidii, p. 47).

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

V. Godwin.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Though both these have the same derivation viz. Old-English god (good) wine (friend), in Ireland, when not of immigrant origin, they are synonyms of different native names: Godwin for O’Dea in Connacht (but not in Clare, the homeland of the O’Deas); Goodwin for MacGoldrick in Tyrone and for MacGuigan in Cos. Derry and Tyrone

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) Descendant of Godwin (God's friend).

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

From the Old Norse, Guð-vinr (good friend); in the Domesday Book, Godwin; from the Flemish, Goddyn, Goetinck, Goetvinck, Guttin; from the French, Goudinne, Godefin; from the German, Guttwein; personal name Goduin, a tenant in chief; in the Domesday Book, Godinc, Goding, Goduin, Gotwin, under-tenants at time of Survey. Goding, Goduin, Saxon tenants, Edw. Conf. For varieties of spell­ing.

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

Goodwin. —The principal home of this name is in Staffordshire, and in the adjacent counties of Derby and Cheshire. Besides its home in the midlands, it has a less important centre in Kent.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Goodwin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Goodwin (Oriya: ଗୁଡୱିନ) occurs most in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Goodwin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Goodwin? popularity and diffusion

Goodwin is the 3,723rd most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 48,222 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Goodwin live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. Goodwin is also the 88,714th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 5,681 people.

The surname Goodwin is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 94,654 people, or 1 in 3,829. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 8 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 117 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Goodwin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Goodwin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Goodwin surname expanded 466 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 203 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 241 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Goodwin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Goodwin surname is predominantly Catholic (65%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Goodwin last name are 10.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.47% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Goodwin earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 18.3% more than the national average, earning 409,401 kr per year; in Peru they earn 15.1% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,313 per year; in South Africa they earn 20.75% more than the national average, earning R 286,944 per year; in United States they earn 1.41% less than the national average, earning $42,541 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.25% more than the national average, earning $49,808 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goodwine931,327/
Goodwien9330/
Goodwinn9329/
Goodwein9324/
Gooddwin936/
Goodwuin931/
Goodwain931/
Goodwwin931/
Goosdwin931/
Goodwisn930/
Goodwhin930/
Goodwina930/
Godwin92294,368/
Goodwn9212/
Goodwyn862,189/
Godwine861,584/
Goddwin8635/
Godwinn8627/
Godwwin869/
Goodwim869/
Goodwen867/
Godtwin866/
Ggodwin862/
Gotdwin862/
Godwein862/
Godwhin862/
Gosdwin862/
Ghodwin861/
Hgodwin861/
Godwion861/
Godwien861/
Godwimn861/
Goedwin861/
Goodbin860/
Gooduin860/
Goodwnn860/
Godwn8335/
Goodwinová822/
Goodwyne80147/
Goodwynn8019/
Goodwyng801/
Goodween800/
Godwyn77154/
Godwim77124/
Gudwin7777/
Godwen7754/
Gotwin7715/
Goduin777/
Gadwin775/
Godbin774/
Goidwn771/
Godwın771/
Goodwhyne751/
Gudwien717/
Godween715/
Godwyne712/
Goodben712/
Godwend711/
Gadwina711/
Goddwyn711/
Godwwyn710/
Gothwin710/
Gudwein710/
Goduhina673/

Goodwin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Goodwin in the Oriya language
ଗୁଡୱିନgudawina-

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