The Goddard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,599 people carried this name — #2,335 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 15,157 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 208 people named Goddard.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Savoie.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 161 people named Goddard live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Goddard live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
32 people named Goddard is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Goddard in American newspapers,
1893–1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 195,230 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Goddard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edward Goddard d. 1679 · politician
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Thomas Goddard d. 1623 · politician
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Richard Goddard d. 1596 · politician
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Charlotte Ayshford Sanford d. 1904
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Charles Goddard d. 1922
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Janet Gertrude Jobson d. 1934
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Goddard.
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