Goolen Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Goolen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 137 | 1:484,837 | 68,361 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Goolen (15) may also be a first name.
Goolen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goolen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goolen is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goolen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Goolen is the 1,459,453rd most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Goolen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Goolen is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name globally, borne by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 484,837. In France Goolen is primarily concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 85 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 13 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 1 percent reside. Besides France this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Monaco, where 2 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.
Goolen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Goolen has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Goolen last name decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Goolen
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