Explore the Family Name Manygoats

The meaning of Manygoats

Native American (mainly Navajo; also Many Goats): from a translation into English of the name of the Navajo clan Tłízí łání ‘Many Goats’, referring to the clan’s originally predominant occupation as goatherds.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname 'Manygoats' has shown an increased popularity from the year 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 33,169th in popularity, and by 2010, it had risen to a rank of 31,412, marking a 5.3% increase. In terms of count, there were 650 individuals with the surname 'Manygoats' in the year 2000, which saw an increase of 13.38% to reach 737 individuals in 2010. The proportion of people per 100k with this surname also rose slightly from 0.24 to 0.25 over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,169	#31,412	5.3%
Count	650	737	13.38%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.25	4.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Manygoats

From an ethnicity perspective, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname 'Manygoats' is primarily associated with the American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identity, with 95.54% in 2000 and slightly less at 93.76% in 2010. While the percentage of individuals identifying as White was relatively low in 2000 at 0.77%, this saw a significant increase to 2.04% in 2010. Those identifying as belonging to two or more races also increased from 2.62% to 3.26%. Notably, there were no recorded individuals with the 'Manygoats' surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either census year, but there was a slight emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
American Indian and Alaskan Native	95.54%	93.76%	-1.86%
Two or More Races	2.62%	3.26%	24.43%
White	0.77%	2.04%	164.94%
Hispanic	0%	0.68%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%