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    The surname Gingold

    A Yiddish surname, carried by 447 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G524

    Gingold: #47,429 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gingold #47,429, 447 people Gingold: #47,429 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gingold #47,429, 447 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gingold is more common than 70.8% of them.

    Origin

    Yiddish origin

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

    One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 447 people named Gingold in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 690,706 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 439.

    #47,429
    rank among US surnames
    447
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #45,829)

    Who is named Gingold

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Gingold identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gingolds

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Josef Gingold
      American musician (1909-1995)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gingold

    Gingold has the Soundex code G524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G524.

    Other Yiddish surnames

    All 31 Yiddish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gingold come from?
    Borrowed from Yiddish גינגאָלד (gingold, “fine gold”), a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.
    How common is the surname Gingold?
    447 people in the United States had the surname Gingold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 690,706 Americans. It ranked 47,429th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gingold?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Gingold identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Gingold?
    Josef Gingold, American musician (1909-1995).
    Where is the surname Gingold most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gingold in the United States.
    Is the surname Gingold getting more or less common?
    More common. 439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 447 in 2010, up 1.8%.