Goos 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 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 16
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 12
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 2
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
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

Goos Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Goos family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
General Clerk 2
Master 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Dock Labourer 1
Fireman Coal Mine 1
Painter 1
Shorthand Clerk 1
Domestic Servant 1
Gilder Carver 1
Poultaress Assistant 1
Private Income 1
Upholsterer 1
General Servant 1
Housemaid Domestic 1
Leather Dresser 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Goos

Name Census Frequency
Mary Goos 12
William Goos 12
Elizabeth Goos 7
Sarah Goos 6
John Goos 5
George Goos 4
Jane Goos 4
Edward Goos 3
Eliza Goos 3
James Goos 3
Samuel Goos 3
Thomas Goos 3
Charles Goos 2
Charlotte Goos 2
Eleanor Goos 2
Henry Goos 2
Joseph Goos 2
Lillian Goos 2
Martha Goos 2
Robert Goos 2
Nancy Goos 1
Nellie Goos 1
Patrick Goos 1
Peter Goos 1
Richard Goos 1

Goos Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Goss 75% 18,195
2 Goose 80% 5,680
3 Guise 40% 2,919
4 Augus 20% 593
5 Agus 25% 398
6 Gees 50% 314
7 Gose 50% 273
8 Gase 25% 139
9 Goos 100% 123
10 Geis 50% 101

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The surname Goos is the 9th most popular variant of Goss.

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