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Early Origins of the Goguen family

The surname Goguen was first found in Lorraine, where the family was established in early times in Ognéville, a village in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in the district of Nancy.

Early History of the Goguen family

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Goguen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gogue, Goguen, Goguin, Goguon, Goguy, Goguineau, Goguinaud, Goguinaut, Goguinaux, Goguino, Goguel, Goguelat, Goguillon, Goguet and many more.

Early Notables of the Goguen family

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Goguen Ranking

In the United States, the name Goguen is the 10,628th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Goguen family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Pierre Goguet, who married Louise Garnier in Lachine in 1659; Jean Goguet, who married Marie-Madeleine Viair in Montreal in 1718; Charles Goguet, who married Madeleine Brouillet in Pte-aux-Trembles in 1723.


Contemporary Notables of the name Goguen (post 1700) +

  • J. Henry Goguen, American politician for Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1958-1959
  • Joseph Amadee Goguen (1941-2006), American computer science professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California
  • J. Henry Goguen, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932, 1952, 1956; Secretary of State of Massachusetts, 1958-59 2
  • Emile Goguen (1936-2023), known as Emile Duprée was a Canadian professional wrestler and promoter
  • Christian Kit Goguen (b. 1978), Acadian singer-songwriter/actor from New Brunswick
  • Robert R. Goguen QC (b. 1957), Canadian politician, Member of the Canadian Parliament for Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe (2011-)
  • René Goguen (b. 1983), French Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name René Duprée, one-time World Tag Team Champion


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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