The goforth Surname

goforth Name Meaning and History

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Goffarth, a Lower Rhine variant of Godefried (see Gottfried), or an Americanized spelling of the Dutch cognate Goeffoet.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of goforth Families in the US in 1920

Number of goforth families

57-112

20-56

1-19

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Emil Goforth in dawes roll	dbtrouble	19
William Goforth - NC	jmmalcom_1	1
Kentucky Goforth's	grannysheart57	2
George Goforth	Garland94	0
Goforths of Mountain Home, Baxter Co., Arkansas	robinkaspar	0
Allie Mae Goforth	dbtrouble	0
Grandson of Kenneth Goforth of Wilmore Ky	kyoming1	0
North Carolina Goforth's	SelenaNC	2
Melissa Ann GOFORTH/ William Thomas Brewer	kimcagle142	1
GOFORTH- PA, OH	Patti Waitman	7

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