How common is the surname Goldin?

1,393 people in the United States had the surname Goldin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. It ranked 19,398th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goldin?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Goldin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goldin?

Claudia Goldin, American economist; Nobel prize winner, followed by Nan Goldin.

Where is the surname Goldin most common?

Wikidata records people named Goldin in the United States.

Is the surname Goldin getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,393 in 2010, down 20%.

The surname Goldin

A surname, carried by 1,393 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goldin is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,393 people named Goldin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. That is down 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,738.

#19,398

rank among US surnames

1,393

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-19.9%

change since 2000 (was #15,470)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,390	Rifkin	1,394	221,482
#19,398	Zaborowski	1,393	221,641

Who is named Goldin

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

96% of people named Goldin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.7%

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 Goldins

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Claudia Goldin
American economist; Nobel prize winner, born 1946
Nan Goldin
American photographer (born 1953)
Daniel Goldin
American engineer, born 1940

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goldin

Goldin has the Soundex code G435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G435.

Questions

How common is the surname Goldin?: 1,393 people in the United States had the surname Goldin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. It ranked 19,398th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goldin?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Goldin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goldin?: Claudia Goldin, American economist; Nobel prize winner, followed by Nan Goldin.
Where is the surname Goldin most common?: Wikidata records people named Goldin in the United States.
Is the surname Goldin getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,393 in 2010, down 20%.