The Goya surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 700 people carried this name — #32,792 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 658 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Goya surname
Borrowed from Spanish Goya, from Basque Goia.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Goya» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,420 people named Goya 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Goya.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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.
Who carried it
People named Goya,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Francisco Goya 1746–1828 · painter -
Francisco Javier Goya Bayeu 1784–1854 · painter -
Mariano de Goya 1806–1874 -
Mariano de Goya 1806–1874 -
Mariano de Goya 1806–1874 -
José Benito de Goya y Franque 1713–1781 · gilder
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Goya.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Goya 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.