Goossens surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Goossens surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 556 people carried this name — #37,640 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 14,427 people named Goossens 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 Antwerp.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Antwerp 4,493
East Flanders 3,691
Flemish Brabant 2,443
Limburg 1,340
West Flanders 660
Hainaut 529
Walloon Brabant 428
Brussels-Capital 396

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 420 people named Goossens.

89 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 89
Nord 115
Paris 52
Pas-de-Calais 31
Somme 14
Oise 11
Yvelines 10
Aisne 9
Seine-et-Marne 8

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

57 people named Goossens live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 16
Vaud 10
Basel-Landschaft 7
Basel-Stadt 7
Valais 6
Zurich 6
Lucerne 5

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.

In print

Goossens in American newspapers,
1889–1956.

Newspaper page from Luxemburger Gazette carrying the name Goossens
Luxemburger Gazette 1889-05-21
Newspaper page from East Oregonian : E.O carrying the name Goossens
East Oregonian : E.O 1914-12-29
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Goossens
Evening Star 1929-02-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,421 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Goossens,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johannes Franciscus Goossens
    Johannes Franciscus Goossens 1801–1877 · politician
  • Pierre-Lambert Goossens
    Pierre-Lambert Goossens 1827–1906 · Catholic priest
  • Willem Goossens
    Willem Goossens 1869–1933 · priest
  • Thomas Goossens
    Thomas Goossens 1882–1970 · Latin Catholic priest
  • Eugene Aynsley Goossens
    Eugene Aynsley Goossens 1893–1962 · composer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 175 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Goossens is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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