Góòd
surname · Latin script
Góòd is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English good, from Old English gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”).
- CHSwitzerland1 in 5K(measured from records)
- IEIreland≈1 in 7.1Kfew records
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 7.2Kfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 498 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.0K (inferred from the name graph)
35,446 people, 2010
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Good in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- Middle Englishgood(measured from records)
- Old Englishgōd(measured from records)
- Proto-West Germanic*gōd(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*gōdaz(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰedʰ-“to unite“to unite, be associated, suit”(measured from records)
- Old Frenchbon“good”(measured from records)
- Latinbonus“good”(measured from records)
From Middle English good, from Old English gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”). Cognate with Russian го́дный (gódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”), год (god), "year", via "suitable time". Related to gather and together, but not to god/God. Eclipsed non-native Middle English bon, bone, boon, boun (“good”) borrowed from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”).
Cited for this meaning 5
- A dictionary of surnames
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where the surname Góòd is found
(measured from records)Góòd counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #956 | 35,446 | 1 in 9.4K | 35K | Good | 498 |
| GB United Kingdom | #826 | ≈9,400 est. | ≈1 in 7.4K | listed | Good | 208 |
| CA Canada | #863 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 8.1K | — | Good | 195 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Good | 152 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 59K | — | Good | 30 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 1,672 | 1 in 5K | 1.7K | Good | 61 |
| IE Ireland | #713 | ≈760 est. | ≈1 in 7.1K | — | Good | 80 |
| NZ New Zealand | #741 | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | — | Good | 89 |
35,446 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Góòd mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English good, from Old English gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and Dictionary of American Family Names and 3 other sources.
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Góòd?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 35 thousand people named Góòd, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled good. After it come United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Philippines; the country table on this page ranks them.
- Where is Góòd most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Góòd is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 5.0 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Góòd?
- In the United States, the national register counted 35,446 people named Góòd in 2010, about 1 in 9.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Góòd compared with other names?
- In the United States, Góòd is the 956th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Góòd” — the 956th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.