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going Name Meaning and History

  1. 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.
  2. German (Göing): variant of Göding (see Goding).

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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
 0
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