Goft Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 12
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 5
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Goft Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Goft family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 8
General Servavt 1
Plough Boy 1
Labourer 1
Dealer In Tea 1
Properator Of Houses 1
Warehouseman 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
House Servant 1
Engineer 1
House Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Goft

Name Census Frequency
John Goft 27
William Goft 22
Mary Goft 19
George Goft 16
Elizabeth Goft 14
James Goft 11
Thomas Goft 11
Sarah Goft 10
Charles Goft 9
Emma Goft 8
Frederick Goft 8
Ann Goft 6
Ellen Goft 6
Henry Goft 6
Samuel Goft 6
Alfred Goft 5
Edward Goft 5
Fanny Goft 5
Jane Goft 5
Joseph Goft 5
Alice Goft 4
Eleanor Goft 4
Ethel Goft 4
Hannah Goft 4
Maria Goft 4

Goft Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Goft 100% 367
2 Gift 75% 134

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The surname Goft is the most popular version of all its varients

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