Gough

• As a Welsh surname, from coch (“red”).
• As an Irish surname, reduced from McGough.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɒf/

Gough (countable and uncountable, plural Goughs)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Burke County, Georgia, United States.

• Gough Island
• Mount Gough

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gough is the 4132^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8584 individuals. Gough is most common among White (85.37%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gough”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 70.