The Gois surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 190 people carried this name — #95,955 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 179 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 180 people named Gois.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Charente.
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 176 people named Gois 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 Misiones.
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
39 people named Gois live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 print
Gois in American newspapers,
1904–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 185,930 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gois,
with a public archive behind them.
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Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois 1731–1823 · painter -
Zacarias de Góis 1815–1877 · politician -
Jacob Nunes Gois 1461–1542 · merchant
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Edme-François-Étienne Gois 1765–1837 · sculptor
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Edme-François-Étienne Gois 1765–1836 · sculptor
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Margarida Gois 1958– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gois.
- Goglin 142 · U.S. census
- Gogo 244 · U.S. census
- Gogue 318 · U.S. census
- Gohel 342 · U.S. census
- Goicoechea 383 · U.S. census
- Goin 2,629 · U.S. census
- Gola 763 · U.S. census
- Golab 464 · U.S. census
- Golay 749 · U.S. census
- Gold 18,698 · U.S. census
- Goldberg 29,603 · U.S. census
- Goldenberg 3,561 · U.S. census
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