Goff

in Rhode Island

There are 174 people with the last name "Goff" in Rhode Island.

Ranking in Rhode Island

Name	Rank
Goff	728

is 724th most common Mcguire
is 725th most common Paolino
is 726th most common Sisson
is 727th most common Thibodeau
is 728th most common Goff
is 729th most common Lawson
is 730th most common Simone
is 731st most common Cullen
is 732nd most common Doherty

Meaning & History

Goff

Welsh: nickname for a redhaired person (see Gough).

English (of Cornish and Breton origin): occupational name from Cornish and Breton goff ‘smith’ (cognate with Gaelic gobha). The surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin, introduced by followers of William the Conqueror.

Irish: reduced form of McGoff.

FOREBEARS Edward Goffe was a farmer in Cambridge MA whose house was acquired by Harvard College some time before 1654 and used as a dormitory, known as Goffe's College.