Goodfellow is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Goodfellow
No. of characters: 10
Origin: England
Meaning:

One who was a pleasant companion, a jolly person.

Boon campanion or synonymous with Goethals.

A man of sociable and friendly character. The French have their Boncompagnon. Godfelawe. Hundred Rolls.

How popular is Goodfellow?

Goodfellow is common in United States, England, Canada, Australia, Scotland, New Zealand, Wales, Northern Ireland.

Goodfellow is ranked 44492 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Goodfellows plummeted by 0.12 per cent to 2440 since 2000 and slipped by 922 spots and ranked at 12667. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95 96.4
Hispanic or Latino 1.76 1.23
Others 1.48 1.15
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7 0.7
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.29
Black 0.45 0.25
Goodfellow is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Monaco is ahead in terms of density. Around 11684 people have been found who wears Goodfellow as their family name. Goodfellow is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Goodfellow:
11,282 United States3,547
2,333 England3,473
2,514 Canada2,088
Countries with hundreds of Goodfellow:
3,690 Australia995
1,137 Scotland716
3,196 New Zealand248
1,597 Wales212
2,016 Northern Ireland126
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
66,933 South Africa47
131,537 Philippines40
180,028 France29
12,265 Portugal28
72,236 Spain12
49,719 Switzerland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
45,470 Mexico9
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
476,604 Thailand8
88,902 Netherlands8
1,286 Bermuda7
340,600 Germany6
43,431 Venezuela6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 17 years old immigrant Eliza Goodfellow who was residing in Cavan, Ireland migrated to USA on April 5, 1849 by Queen Of The West put out from Liverpool. 21 years old Ann Goodfellow, Sarah Goodfellow, aged 22, Robert Goodfellow (35) Farmer, Carpenter Pat. Goodfellow, John Goodfellow (21) Workman, Sewer Mary Goodfellow, Ann Goodfellow, aged 20, Michael Goodfellow (21) Workman, and 10 other Goodfellow around 36.36% of whom were spinster while others worked as workman migrated to US from Liverpool, Belfast and Greenock.

Goodfellow Namesakes

  • Geoff Goodfellow, associated with early wireless email ventures
  • Frederick Goodfellow, British tug of war competitor
  • Michael Goodfellow, British professor in Microbial Systematics
  • Charles Augustus Goodfellow, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Ebbie Goodfellow, Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach
  • Marc Goodfellow, English former footballer
  • Brent H. Goodfellow, American politician and educator from Utah
  • James Goodfellow, Scottish inventor

Goodfellow Namesakes

  • Geoff Goodfellow, associated with early wireless email ventures
  • Frederick Goodfellow, British tug of war competitor
  • Michael Goodfellow, British professor in Microbial Systematics
  • Charles Augustus Goodfellow, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Ebbie Goodfellow, Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach
  • Marc Goodfellow, English former footballer
  • Brent H. Goodfellow, American politician and educator from Utah
  • James Goodfellow, Scottish inventor

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