How common is the surname Goldfarb?

3,480 people in the United States had the surname Goldfarb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,720 Americans. It ranked 9,347th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goldfarb?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Goldfarb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goldfarb?

Alexander Goldfarb, American microbiologist and activist.

Where is the surname Goldfarb most common?

Wikidata records people named Goldfarb in the United States.

Is the surname Goldfarb getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,480 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Goldfarb

A German surname, carried by 3,480 people in the United States.

2 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). Goldfarb is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Goldfarb.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,480 people named Goldfarb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,720 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,559.

#9,347

rank among US surnames

3,480

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,528)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,343	Ostrom	3,485	88,593
#9,344	Lampert	3,484	88,618
#9,345	Helfrich	3,482	88,669
#9,347	Schuyler	3,480	88,720
#9,350	Hepburn	3,479	88,745
#9,352	McCammon	3,478	88,771

Who is named Goldfarb

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

96% of people named Goldfarb identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goldfarbs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexander Goldfarb
American microbiologist and activist, born 1947

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goldfarb

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Goldfarb come from?: Borrowed from German Goldfarb.
How common is the surname Goldfarb?: 3,480 people in the United States had the surname Goldfarb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,720 Americans. It ranked 9,347th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goldfarb?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Goldfarb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goldfarb?: Alexander Goldfarb, American microbiologist and activist.
Where is the surname Goldfarb most common?: Wikidata records people named Goldfarb in the United States.
Is the surname Goldfarb getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,480 in 2010, down 2.2%.