The Goethals surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 440 people carried this name — #48,060 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 13% from 388 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 4,382 people named Goethals 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 East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 385 people named Goethals.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Nord.
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.
Who carried it
People named Goethals,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johannes Goethals 1611–1673 · pastor -
Félix Victor Goethals 1799–1872 · writer -
Auguste Goethals 1812–1888 · politician -
François Goethals 1539–1616 · poet
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Charles Goethals 1782–1851 · military personnel
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Ferdinand Goethals 1786–1860 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Goethals.
- Goepfert 666 · U.S. census
- Goergen 893 · U.S. census
- Goerger 134 · U.S. census
- Goerig 124 · U.S. census
- Goertz 1,437 · U.S. census
- Goes 538 · U.S. census
- Goetsch 1,961 · U.S. census
- Goetschel 107 · U.S. census
- Goetz 13,390 · U.S. census
- Goetzmann 129 · U.S. census
- Goff 32,298 · U.S. census
- Goffard 169 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Goethals is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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