Explore the Family Name Goo

The meaning of Goo

1. Chinese: variant of Gu. 2. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 吳 and 伍, see Wu 1 and 2. 3. Korean: variant of Ku 4.

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How common is the last name Goo in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Goo has slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it held the rank of 19,118 with a count of 1,316 people bearing this surname in the U.S. However, by 2010, the surname's ranking had fallen to 20,449, with the count dropping slightly to 1,299. This represents a change of -6.96 in rank and -1.29 in count over the decade. The proportion per 100k people also fell by 10.2 during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,118	#20,449	-6.96%
Count	1,316	1,299	-1.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.49	0.44	-10.2%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Goo

When looking at the ethnic identity associated with the surname Goo, the Decennial U.S. Census data reflects some shifts between 2000 and 2010. Most notably, individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander decreased from 74.39% to 63.74%, while those identifying with two or more races increased substantially from 11.40% to 20.63%. The percentage of people with the surname Goo who identify as White decreased slightly from 10.87% to 9.78%. Interestingly, the surname saw an increase in association with Hispanic ethnicity, rising from 2.58% in 2000 to 5.23% in 2010. There was also a small increase in Black ethnicity representation, going from 0% in 2000 to 0.62% in 2010. There were no changes for American Indian and Alaskan Native representation.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	74.39%	63.74%	-14.32%
Two or More Races	11.4%	20.63%	80.96%
White	10.87%	9.78%	-10.03%
Hispanic	2.58%	5.23%	102.71%
Black	0%	0.62%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%