Göring
surname · Latin script
/ˈgøːɾɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Göring is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).
- DEGermany≈1 in 36K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 82K
- USUnited States1 in 157Kas Goering
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 Göring 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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 251 (measured from records)
- 1 in 8.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Goring in GB United Kingdom, CA Canada, GY Guyana and 1 more and Goering in US United States, IT Italy, FI Finland.
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)
From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).
Sources 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Göring 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Göring | 75 |
| US United States | — | 2,119as Goering | 1 in 157K | 2.1K | Goering | 251 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈800 est. | ≈1 in 82K | — | Goring | 117 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 238K | — | Goering | 3 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 152K | — | Goring | 72 |
| FI Finland | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | Goering | 2 |
| GY Guyana | #940 | 94 | 1 in 8K | 94 | Goring | 3 |
| JM Jamaica | — | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 100K | — | Goring | 1 |
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; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Göring is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Croatian, njemački političar, jedan od vođa nacionalsocijalizma, ministar unutrašnjih poslova Trećega Reicha i prvi zamjenik A. Hitlera; kao ratni zločinac osuđen na smrt na suđenju u Nürnbergu, pred smaknuće počinio samoubojstvo
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Heinrich Ernst Göringb. 1838DEGerman diplomat
- Carl Göringb. 1841DEGerman chess player (1841-1879)
- Matthias Göringb. 1879DEGerman psychiatrist (1879–1945)
- Carin Göringb. 1888SESwedish wife of Hermann Göring
- Hermann Göringb. 1893DEGerman Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
- Emmy Göringb. 1893DEGerman actress, art collector (1893-1973)
- Albert Göringb. 1895DEGerman engineer, businessman, and the younger brother of Hermann Göring (1895-1966)
- Helga Göringb. 1922DEGerman actress (1922-2010)
- Edda Göringb. 1938DEdaughter of politician Hermann Göring (1938-2018)
- Franz Göringb. 1984DEGerman cross-country skier
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 9 sources across 5 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Göring mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- How do you pronounce Göring?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈgøːɾɪŋ/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Göring have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Göring in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled göring.
- Where is Göring most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Göring is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 8.0 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Göring?
- In Guyana, the national register counted 94 people named Göring in 2025, about 1 in 8.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Göring compared with other names?
- In Guyana, Göring is the 940th most common surname of 15,834 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, “Göring” — the 940th most common surname in Guyana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.