Goethals is used as a family name or surname in Belgium. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Goethals
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Belgium
Meaning: Quite common in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Belgium, the nickname seems a brewer (Middle Dutch goede ale beer = good), better than etymology given by MT Morlet ("good neck", meaning the Dutch hals "neck"), but not necessarily satisfactory: the solution is perhaps elsewhere (Germanic personal name), because we find in Franche-Comté Gueutal an alternative, which certainly has nothing to do with the Flemish?.

How popular is Goethals?

Goethals is common in Belgium.

Goethals is ranked 55019 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Goethalses grew by 13.40206 per cent to 440 since 2000 and ranked 48060 after elevating 2512 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.64 94.07
Hispanic or Latino 2.95 3.09
Goethals is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Belgium which signifies that it is originated from Belgium. Around 8526 people have been found who wears Goethals as their family name. Goethals is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
812 Monaco5
108,034 Italy3
14,054 China3
14,521 Portugal2
95,312 Argentina2
8,181 Botswana1
169,904 Brazil1
16,640 Hong Kong1
492,292 Ukraine1
81,201 Switzerland1
36,678 Singapore1
36,814 Romania1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
83,908 England38
51,763 Australia37
68,343 Spain23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
478 Luxembourg99
37,909 Canada85
Countries with hundreds of Goethals:
9,609 France943
46,685 United States578
12,528 Netherlands226
59,024 Germany168
39,125 South Africa128
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Goethals:
90 Belgium6,073
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Comments

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Jamika Papke
 goethals is a Flemish surname means good neck, nickname of a man who has a nice neck.

Goethals Namesakes

  • Angela Goethals, Film actress
  • Angela Goethals, Film actress
  • Angela Goethals, Film actress
  • Raymond Goethals, Soccer player
  • George Washington Goethals, Civil engineer

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