Goodin Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Goodin turns up in national name statistics on both sides of the Atlantic.

• 7,153 Americans were listed as Goodin in the 2010 census.
• We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Goodin, the family's own records come first.
• Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow a Goodin line back.

Goodin coat of arms

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Goodin, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms. Get the complete Goodin report, with a museum-style coat of arms.