Gooskens Surname

858,879th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Gooskens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gooskens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2341:72,16712,266
Belgium791:145,52720,575
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397

Gooskens Last Name Facts

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

Gooskens is found most in The Netherlands. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gooskens.

How Common Is The Last Name Gooskens? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gooskens is the 858,879th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gooskens reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 234 people, or 1 in 72,167. In The Netherlands Gooskens is primarily concentrated in: North Brabant, where 59 percent are found, South Holland, where 15 percent are found and North Holland, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goockens881/
Gokens860/
Hoskens80996/
Gookins80214/
Goukens80111/
Goskins804/
Gaskens800/
Hoskiens751/
Hooskins751/
Goodkins750/
Oskins71274/
Askens7116/
Gakens7115/
Gokins7112/
Hoskns710/
Hoskins6741,411/
Gaskins6713,730/
Hoskyns67189/
Godkins6726/
Haskens679/
Osjkins671/
Askense671/
Gokenze671/
Gockins670/
Guskins670/
Goukins670/
Gotkins670/
Gochens670/
Euskens670/
Auskens670/

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Gooskens Reference & Research

Goossens FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Gooskens
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis