# Gingold (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gingold/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Yiddish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Yiddish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 447 |
| US rank (2010) | 47,429 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 690,706 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (439 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish גינגאָלד (gingold, “fine gold”), a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gingold in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gingold in the United States.

## People named Gingold

- Josef Gingold, American musician (1909-1995)

## Similar surnames

Giancola, Gonzalez, Gonzales, Goncalves, Gonsalves, Gonsalez, Gonsales, Gengler, Gensler, Gonzalezlopez, Gunkel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.