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The Goll surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,037 people carried this name — #14,612 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 144,900 people counted. That is up 13% from 1,805 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 178 people named Goll.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Doubs.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Doubs 60
Bas-Rhin 44
Bouches-du-Rhône 11
Haut-Rhin 11
Moselle 7
Territoire de Belfort 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Paris 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

148 people named Goll have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 191 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

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

Where they live today

Pomeranian 77
Greater Poland 25
Masovian 24
Lower Silesian 8
Silesian 7
Lesser Poland 3
Lubusz 2
Warmian-Masurian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

84 people named Goll live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 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

Zurich 35
Bern 10
Lucerne 7
Aargau 7
Geneva 5
Basel-Stadt 5
Nidwalden 5
Valais 4

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

Goll in American newspapers,
1873–1917.

Newspaper page from The Volcano Lubricator carrying the name Goll
The Volcano Lubricator 1873-12-09
Newspaper page from Middlebury Register carrying the name Goll
Middlebury Register 1891-09-18
Newspaper page from Douglas Daily International carrying the name Goll
Douglas Daily International 1917-09-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 48,016 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Goll,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Friedrich Goll
    Friedrich Goll 1829–1903 · physician
  • János Goll
    János Goll 1841–1907 · composer
  • Michal Ann Goll d. 2008
  • Pieter Hendrik Goll van Franckenstein 1787–1832 · art collector
  • Adolf Goll 1808–1879 · physician
  • Adolf Goll 1818–1879 · physician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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