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The Goes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 538 people carried this name — #40,610 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 546 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 218 people named Goes live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Flanders 160
Antwerp 25
East Flanders 18
Brussels-Capital 5
Flemish Brabant 5
Walloon Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Goes.

21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Nord.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 21
Nord 15
Somme 13
Paris 5
Haut-Rhin 3
Indre 2
Corrèze 2
Aveyron 2
Oise 2

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 29 people named Goes 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 16
City of Buenos Aires 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

21 people named Goes is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21

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).

Who carried it

People named Goes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hugo van der Goes
    Hugo van der Goes 1440–1482 · artist
  • Adriaen van der Goes
    Adriaen van der Goes 1495–1560 · politician
  • Balthasar van der Goes
    Balthasar van der Goes 1604–1675 · merchant
  • Peter Johann von Goes 1743–1795 · Landrat
  • Julius Goes 1869–1959 · Schultheiss
  • Gustav Goes 1884–1946 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Goes.

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