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Early Origins of the Le goff family

The surname Le goff was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France where this celebrated family held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Le goff family

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Le goff Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Goux, Goût, Legoux, Legoût, Le Goux, Le Goût, Gou, Gout, Legou, Legout, Le Gou, Le Gout, Gough, Le Gough, Goute, Gouws and many more.

Early Notables of the Le goff family

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Le goff Ranking

In France, the name Le goff is the 2,498th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1


United States Le goff migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Le goff Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Jean LeGoff, who landed in America in 1885 2
Le goff Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Francois LeGoff, aged 24, who settled in America from Sedan, France, in 1912
  • Francisque LeGoff, aged 29, who landed in America from Bordeaux, in 1917
  • Etiene LeGoff, aged 30, who landed in America, in 1919
  • Felix LeGoff, who immigrated to America from Cotes du Nord, Francaise, in 1919
  • Ferdinand Legoff, aged 21, who landed in America, in 1919
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Le goff (post 1700) +

  • Jacques Le Goff (1924-2014), French historian and author who specialized in the Middle Ages


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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