Goforth Family History
Goforth Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Goforth Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Goforth families
 57 - 112  20 - 56 |
 1 - 19  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Goforth families
|
35 - 67 12 - 34 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Goforth census records
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Goforth Family Origin
Goforth Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Goforth
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Goforth Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Goforth census records
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