The Goy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 537 people carried this name — #40,672 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 11% from 485 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Goy surname
A surname from Galician.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Goy» (Spanish), 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 1,558 people named Goy.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 71 départements, most often Ain.
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 1,135 people named Goy 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.
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
458 people named Goy live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
Goy in American newspapers,
1901–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,457 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Goy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Auguste Goy 1812–1875 · painter -
Johannes Goy d. 1722
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Johannes Goy 1625–1662
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Jean-Baptiste Goy 1666–1738 · priest
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Benoît Goy 1704–1784 · legal advocate in France
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Maria Magdalena Kunigunda Goy 1743–1820 · aristocrat
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Goy.
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