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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
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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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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