Goff Family History
Goff Name Meaning
Welsh: nickname for a red-haired person (see Gough).English (of Cornish and Breton origin): occupational name from
Cornish and Breton goff ‘smith’ (cognate with Gaelic
gobha). The surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of
Breton origin, introduced by followers of William the Conqueror.Irish: reduced form of McGoff.
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Name Distribution of Goff Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Goff families
 243 - 484  82 - 242 |
 1 - 81  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Goff families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Goff census records
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Goff Family Origin
Goff Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Goff Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Goff Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Goff census records
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Military Service by Goff
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