Goring

== English == === Etymology === From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”). === Proper noun === Goring (countable and uncountable, plural Gorings) A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080). Synonym: Goring-on-Thames A ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England, short for Goring-by-Sea (OS grid ref TQ1102) A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Derived terms ==== Goring-by-Sea ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Goring is the 35345th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 637 individuals. Goring is most common among White (54.95%) and Black/African American (35.79%) individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goring”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67. === Anagrams === gringo, orging