How common is the surname Goldberger?

2,099 people in the United States had the surname Goldberger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,092 Americans. It ranked 14,268th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goldberger?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Goldberger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goldberger?

Andreas Goldberger, Austrian former ski jumper, followed by Marvin Leonard Goldberger.

Where is the surname Goldberger most common?

Wikidata records people named Goldberger in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Goldberger getting more or less common?

More common. 1,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,099 in 2010, up 31%.

The surname Goldberger

A surname, carried by 2,099 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G431

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goldberger is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,099 people named Goldberger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,092 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,601.

#14,268

rank among US surnames

2,099

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+31.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,525)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,264	Puls	2,101	146,952
#14,267	Petrus	2,100	147,022
#14,268	Devaughn	2,099	147,092
#14,274	Gillian	2,098	147,162

Who is named Goldberger

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

98% of people named Goldberger identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goldbergers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andreas Goldberger
Austrian former ski jumper, born 1972
Marvin Leonard Goldberger
American theoretical physicist (1922–2014)
Paul Goldberger
American author, architecture critic and lecturer, born 1950

Notable Goldbergers come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goldberger

Goldberger has the Soundex code G431, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G431.

Questions

How common is the surname Goldberger?: 2,099 people in the United States had the surname Goldberger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,092 Americans. It ranked 14,268th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goldberger?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Goldberger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goldberger?: Andreas Goldberger, Austrian former ski jumper, followed by Marvin Leonard Goldberger.
Where is the surname Goldberger most common?: Wikidata records people named Goldberger in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Goldberger getting more or less common?: More common. 1,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,099 in 2010, up 31%.