The going Surname

going Name Meaning and History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghabhann or Mac Gabhann ‘son of (the) smith’ (see McGowan) or, in some cases, an Anglicized spelling of the French family name Gouin, which has been established in Tipperary since the end of the 17th century.
German (Göing): variant of Göding (see Goding).

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

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going Family Facts

Distribution of going Families in the US in 1920

Number of going families

17-32

6-16

1-5

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

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Thread	Author	Replies
Researching a Judge Joseph Davis	James (Jack) Davis	1
William GOING of Wavendon, Buckinghamshire, England	Ericshack	4
Samuel Going B:Abt 1777 - Amherst / Nelson Co. VA	HersheyKeys	1
goen/ goins/ goin	kjachester	0
BRYUS/BYRUS BEVEY GOING from GA	Diana (Lamb) Pollack	4
Researching Lucinda Going	James (Jack) Davis	4
Calhoun County, MS: John B. Going, wife Rhonda Steele	K. Charsha	4
Emma Goings	NancyDurbin50	0
Catherine Going b.1828 d1897CANADA	Sherry	2
Thomas Going	Ericshack	1

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