Goff

in the US

There are 27,518 people with the last name "Goff" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Goff 956
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  1. is 952nd most common Cooke
  2. is 953rd most common Carney
  3. is 954th most common Goldberg
  4. is 955th most common Lancaster
  5. is 956th most common Goff
  6. is 957th most common Goldstein
  7. is 958th most common Cooley
  8. is 959th most common Albert
  9. is 960th most common Kaplan

Similar Names and Nicknames

Guffey, Goffinet, Gaff, Goffney, Gaffey, Goffe, Goffredo, Goffin, Guffy, Goffman

Most Common First Names for Goff

James, Robert, David, William, Michael, John, Charles, Richard, Mary, Thomas



Meaning & History

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.


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