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Origin Of The Surname Goodwin

Meaning Of The Surname Goodwin

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Interesting Facts About Goodwin

This Anglo-Saxon family name is a compound name of the two different elements ‘good’ which was either used to mean good or god and ‘wine’ which meant friend or protector. This surname was first recorded back in 1177 and is a documentation of Walter Godwin in the Country Pipe Rolls of the county of Norfolk. As this name has been around for so long there are now a few different spellings such as Godwin, Goodwin and Godswin.

Goodwin Statistics

Goodwin is the number 305 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 29,123 share the surname Goodwin in the UK.

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