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 43
Buckinghamshire 41
Berkshire 9
Cambridgeshire 60
Channel Islands 11
Cheshire 65
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 48
Devon 20
Dorset 4
Durham 34
Essex 194
Gloucestershire 208
Hampshire 56
Herefordshire 121
Hertfordshire 41
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 16
Isle of Man 0
Kent 44
Lancashire 186
Leicestershire 331
Lincolnshire 9
London 607
Middlesex 233
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 16
Northamptonshire 374
Nottinghamshire 94
Oxfordshire 54
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 16
Shropshire 75
Suffolk 71
Somerset 17
Surrey 105
Sussex 58
Staffordshire 429
Warwickshire 953
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 329
Yorkshire 183

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 19
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 13
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 7
Glamorgan 144
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 205
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Goode Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Goode family

Profession Census Frequency
School 596
Farm Labourer 59
Private Means 47
General Servant (domestic) 42
Labourer 29
General Labourer 29
None 29
Bricklayer 25
Clerk 21
Domestic Servant 21
Coal Miner Hewer 21
Dressmaker 18
Farmer 17
Cook (domestic) 15
Domestic 15
Carter 15
At Home 14
No Occupation 14
Gardener Domestic 13
Carpenter 13
School Teacher 12
House Wife 12
House Keeper 11
General Servant Domestic 11
Home 11

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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