The Goffinet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 701 people carried this name — #32,750 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 11% from 634 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 759 people named Goffinet 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 Luxembourg Province.
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 395 people named Goffinet.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Ardennes.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
83 people named Goffinet live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Goffinet.
- 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
- Goffin 368 · U.S. census
- Goga 514 · U.S. census
- Goger 133 · U.S. census
- Goglin 142 · U.S. census
- Gogo 244 · U.S. census
- Gogue 318 · U.S. census
- Gohel 342 · U.S. census
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