Goodson is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Goodson
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Goodson

How popular is Goodson?

Goodson is common in United States.

Goodson is ranked 23157 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Goodson bearers increased by 3.880754 per cent in 2010 US census to 15820 since 2000, the surname slipped by 117 spots and ranked at 2308. The last name was found in around 54 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 70.85 72.88
Black 23.51 22.87
Hispanic or Latino 2.25 1.47
Others 2.11 1.71
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.82 0.72
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.35
Goodson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Gibraltar is ahead in terms of density. Around 22236 people have been found who wears Goodson as their family name. Goodson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
705 Gibraltar7
3,044 Zambia4
3,707 Malawi3
26,321 Israel3
1,219,338 India3
70,383 Tanzania3
90,215 Germany3
10,284 Kuwait2
40,064 Nigeria2
139,444 Brazil2
147,165 Czech Republic2
17,547 Colombia2
124,220 Italy2
723,167 Indonesia2
91,784 Netherlands2
37,372 Georgia2
26,123 Malaysia2
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
31,584 Peru1
30,360 Thailand1
29,774 Venezuela1
8,181 Botswana1
7,292 Vietnam1
492,292 Ukraine1
17,236 Ghana1
277,603 France1
25,746 Finland1
12,741 Ecuador1
49,101 Denmark1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
34,581 Chile1
6,033 Benin1
165,773 Belarus1
2,190 Barbados1
8,859 Iraq1
2,057 Isle of Man1
13,447 Uganda1
53,505 Turkey1
77,122 Sweden1
36,678 Singapore1
4,171 Rwanda1
36,814 Romania1
9,591 Panama1
47,891 Norway1
5,872 Namibia1
29,046 Japan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
36,547 Switzerland27
83,233 Spain16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
20,909 Zimbabwe75
7,449 Scotland66
5,846 Ireland55
Countries with hundreds of Goodson:
11,889 South Africa530
8,291 Australia342
17,939 Canada203
4,294 New Zealand178
2,337 Wales169
Countries with thousands of Goodson:
3,875 England1,952
Countries with ten thousands of Goodson:
2,186 United States18,453
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old workman James Goodson who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on July 8, 1851 by Empire State put out from Liverpool. William Goodson (40) Workman, 15 years old Richard Goodson, are others that migrated to US.

Goodson Namesakes

  • Adrienne Goodson, Basketball Player
  • Barbara Goodson, Actress
  • Barbara Goodson, Actress
  • Barbara Goodson, Actress
  • Caesar Goodson, Police officer
  • Barbara Goodson, Actress
  • Barbara Goodson, Actress
  • Mike Goodson, Football running back
  • Demetri Goodson, Football cornerback
  • Mike Goodson, Football running back
  • In 2006 comedy film, I Love You for a While, Gary Goodson portrayed Jeremy.

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