Goode Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 7
Buckinghamshire 39
Berkshire 15
Cambridgeshire 60
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 10
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 29
Devon 9
Dorset 0
Durham 11
Essex 72
Gloucestershire 194
Hampshire 17
Herefordshire 112
Hertfordshire 27
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 46
Isle of Man 0
Kent 28
Lancashire 101
Leicestershire 204
Lincolnshire 17
London 524
Middlesex 109
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 28
Northamptonshire 217
Nottinghamshire 31
Oxfordshire 45
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 46
Shropshire 88
Suffolk 43
Somerset 15
Surrey 47
Sussex 15
Staffordshire 223
Warwickshire 610
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 12
Worcestershire 210
Yorkshire 106

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 11
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 36
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 99
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 1

Goode Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Goode family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 523
Agricultural Labourer 83
General Labourer 50
Domestic Servant 37
Dress Maker 32
Coal Miner 32
Labourer 24
Living On Own Means 22
Clerk 21
Farm Labourer 19
Gardener 19
Laundress 18
General Servant Domestic 18
Living On Her Own Means 18
General Servant 17
Carpenter 14
General Domestic Servant 14
House Keeper 13
Brick Layer 12
Butcher 11
Baker 10
Farmer 10
Bricklayer 9
Errand Boy 8
Dressmaker 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Goode

Name Census Frequency
William Goode 1,868
Mary Goode 1,617
John Goode 1,501
Thomas Goode 1,187
Elizabeth Goode 1,164
Sarah Goode 985
George Goode 953
James Goode 675
Joseph Goode 585
Henry Goode 578
Ann Goode 566
Charles Goode 551
Emma Goode 476
Eliza Goode 464
Annie Goode 409
Jane Goode 367
Ellen Goode 349
Edward Goode 325
Alice Goode 317
Samuel Goode 315
Hannah Goode 295
Frederick Goode 294
Alfred Goode 290
Walter Goode 280
Arthur Goode 262

Goode Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Good 80% 28,067
2 Goode 100% 27,450
3 Goad 60% 3,792
4 Goude 80% 710
5 Goudie 67% 689
6 Gadie 40% 478
7 Gad 40% 467
8 Gude 60% 448
9 Gooda 80% 358
10 Goud 60% 249
11 Gaud 40% 156
12 Gade 60% 152
13 Guide 60% 134
14 Gaudie 50% 128
15 Goodie 83% 119
16 Gode 80% 118
17 God 60% 115
18 Augood 50% 112

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The surname Goode is the 2nd most popular variant of Good.

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