Goodwill is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Goodwill
No. of characters: 8
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Goodwill

How popular is Goodwill?

Goodwill is common in South Africa.

Goodwill is ranked 92910 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Goodwill bearers increased by 2.673064 per cent in 2010 US census to 1498 since 2000, the surname slipped by 757 spots and ranked at 18467. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 75.9 76.01
Black 17.49 18.16
Hispanic or Latino 2.47 2.19
Others 2.07 1.85
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.34 1.23
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.73 0.55
Goodwill is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 4587 people have been found who wears Goodwill as their family name. Goodwill is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
101,066 Zimbabwe5
423 Swaziland3
5,298 Botswana2
91,784 Netherlands2
9,185 Hong Kong2
219,873 France2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
26,123 Malaysia2
20,595 China2
17,236 Ghana1
13,606 Senegal1
25,746 Finland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
10,190 Bahrain1
30,360 Thailand1
7,191 Afghanistan1
810,193 Indonesia1
17,768 Pakistan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
36,814 Romania1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
28,365 Kenya1
31,207 Ireland1
56,169 Mexico1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,292 Vietnam1
18,969 Wales1
9,498 Iceland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
249,004 India49
16,226 New Zealand33
42,407 Sweden22
12,810 Nigeria11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,082 Scotland59
Countries with hundreds of Goodwill:
8,365 England796
1,267 Jamaica232
17,431 Canada210
14,756 Australia182
Countries with thousands of Goodwill:
18,407 United States1,773
5,544 South Africa1,169
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Servant Will Goodwill from Ireland aboard the Switzerland from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 22 years old when he arrived in USA on April 29, 1850.

Goodwill Namesakes

  • Robert Goodwill, British Politician
  • Albert Goodwill Spalding, Baseball Manager
  • Robert Goodwill, British Politician
  • Albert Goodwill Spalding, Baseball Manager

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