Goffman
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English
Etymology
Variant of Hoffmann.
Proper noun
Goffman (plural Goffmans)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Goffman is the 97671st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 186 individuals. Goffman is most common among White (89.78%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goffman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 58.