Goodacre

English

Etymology

Three possible origins:

• An English topographic surname for someone who farmed a productive piece of land, from Middle English good (“good”) + aker (“acre, field”).
• An English habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Middle English goot (“goat”) + aker (“acre, field”).
• An Americanized spelling of the German surname Gutacker, from gut (“good”) + Acker (“field”).

Proper noun

Goodacre (plural Goodacres)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Goodacre is the 52267^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 397 individuals. Goodacre is most common among White (78.84%) and Black/African American (15.37%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goodacre”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 64.