How common is the last name Goodman?

69,577 people in the United States have the last name Goodman, about 1 in 4,296. It ranks #469 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GOODMAN

#469

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
69,577
About
1 in 4,296
This common or more
31.3%
Who bears it

Of the 69,577 people with the last name Goodman, 75.7% reported their origin as White, 15.3% as Black and 3.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Goodman

#467 Wolf · 69,917#468 Mack · 69,776#470 Colon · 68,998#471 Potter · 68,997

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Goodman, most common first.

#43,008 Godman · 542#44,069 Gottman · 526#77,676 Goodmon · 266

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