How common is the surname Golder?

1,897 people in the United States had the surname Golder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,755 Americans. It ranked 15,442nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Golder?

Douglas Golder, Australian field hockey player.

Where is the surname Golder most common?

Wikidata records people named Golder in Australia.

Is the surname Golder getting more or less common?

More common. 1,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,897 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Golder

A surname, carried by 1,897 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Golder is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,897 people named Golder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,755 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,763.

#15,442

rank among US surnames

1,897

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,299)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,434	Mantilla	1,898	162,669
#15,442	Mealey	1,897	162,755
#15,449	Ivester	1,896	162,840

Who is named Golder

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

81% of people named Golder identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Golders

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Douglas Golder
Australian field hockey player, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Golder

Gilder

Golder has the Soundex code G436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G436.

Questions

How common is the surname Golder?: 1,897 people in the United States had the surname Golder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,755 Americans. It ranked 15,442nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Golder?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Golder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Golder?: Douglas Golder, Australian field hockey player.
Where is the surname Golder most common?: Wikidata records people named Golder in Australia.
Is the surname Golder getting more or less common?: More common. 1,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,897 in 2010, up 7.6%.