Goines
A likely surname variant that may have developed from a personal name or an older spelling of a similar-sounding family name.
The #9,956 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 95,233 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Goines appears to be a variant spelling of a surname that was probably shaped by local pronunciation and older handwritten records. Without early documentary evidence, its exact root is uncertain, but it may reflect a reduced or altered form of an English family name that began as a personal name or nickname. Spellings like this often shifted over time as clerks wrote names phonetically.
History
The name is relatively uncommon in the United States and is often found in records as a spelling variant rather than a long-established standardized form. Like many such surnames, it likely became fixed only after families migrated and records were kept more consistently. Because early attestations are lacking here, its specific geographic starting point cannot be stated confidently.
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Fun fact
Variant surnames such as Goines often preserve the sound of an older name even when the spelling has changed a great deal.