The Goth surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 677 people carried this name — #33,645 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 664 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Goth surname
From Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, singular Gota, and partly from Late Latin Gothi.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Goth» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 111 people named Goth.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Hérault.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 27 people named Goth 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
24 people named Goth live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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
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 the Nordic population registers
212 people named Goth is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Goth,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mariana Goth 1949– · athletics competitor -
Emanuel Vilém Goth 1853–1924 · secondary school teacher
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Josef Goth 1870–1939 · politician
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Marie Goth 1887–1975 · artist
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Jan Goth 1889–1965 · illustrator
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Jindřich Goth 1896–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Goth.
- Gossard 1,941 · U.S. census
- Gosse 786 · U.S. census
- Gosselin 6,104 · U.S. census
- Gosset 168 · U.S. census
- Gossin 166 · U.S. census
- Gosson 295 · U.S. census
- Gothier 155 · U.S. census
- Gottardi 209 · U.S. census
- Gottardo 119 · U.S. census
- Gotte 335 · U.S. census
- Gottfried 2,180 · U.S. census
- Gotti 306 · U.S. census
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