The name Gooud is not common either in Australia or in England.Goond is a common misspelling.
In Australia it is believed that all people with that name are related to the family which arrived on the Rattler in 1853.
It may derive from Goud, Goude or Gaud or other variants which appear to have come from the Rutlandshire / Leicestershire / Nothamptonshire area of England. The parishes of Lubenham, Oakham, Ketton, Tixover, Easton-on-the-Hill, and Stamford, which feature prominently in the International Genealogical Index (IGI) listing for these names, are all within a radius of about 25Km of each other. There is some belief in the family that the name has Hugenot connections, arriving in England with William the Conqueror, as well as a possible connection with Flanders.
Reginald Gooud, the informant for his father Charles John Gooud's death certificate, stated (incorrectly) that his father had been born at Stamford. It is possible that he gained this impression from references to family connections with Stamford.
Of the 17 marriages indexed for Gooud or Goond in England and Wales between 1837 and 1855, 11 were from the Stamford area of Lincolnshire or nearby Oakham in Leicestershire. Of 24 Gooud or Goond deaths in during the same period, 21 were registered in the Stamford area.
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