Goertzen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: probably a variant of Goretz, a reduced form of Gerhards (see Gerhardt), or a variant of Goertz
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɡɔɹtzən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Goertzen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Canada than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 38K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 338K
- FIFinland≈1 in 34K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Goertzen itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Canada (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 177 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 34K (inferred from the name graph)
≈990 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Finland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Görtzen in DE Germany.
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)
probably a variant of Goretz, a reduced form of Gerhards (see Gerhardt), or a variant of Goertz.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Goertzen 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA Canada | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Goertzen | 109 |
| US United States | 984 | 1 in 338K | 987 | Goertzen | 177 |
| PH Philippines | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 390K | — | Goertzen | 2 |
| DE Germany | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 316K | — | Görtzen | 44 |
| FI Finland | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Goertzen | 1 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Goertzen | 7 |
| BO Bolivia | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 116K | — | Goertzen | 2 |
| PY Paraguay | ≈36 est. | ≈1 in 201K | — | Goertzen | 4 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kathi Goertzenb. 1958USAmerican journalist (1958–2012)
- Glenda Goertzenb. 1967CACanadian writer
- Kelvin Goertzenb. 1969CACanadian politician
- Steven Goertzenb. 1984CACanadian ice hockey player
- Ned Goertzenb. 1989UScollege basketball player (2009–2010) Bradley
- Leslie GoertzenUSAmerican botanist, herbarium director and evolutionary biologist
- Leon GoertzenUStheater actor from the United States
- Andrew L. GoertzenCAresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 987 | #26,092 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 984 | #25,187 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 966 | #24,306 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Goertzen mean, and where does it come from?
- probably a variant of Goretz, a reduced form of Gerhards (see Gerhardt), or a variant of Goertz. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Goertzen?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɔɹtzən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Goertzen have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 985 people named Goertzen in Canada, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled goertzen.
- How common is the name Goertzen?
- In the United States, the national register counted 984 people named Goertzen in 2010, about 1 in 338 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/goertzenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Goertzen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.