# Goldsborough (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goldsborough/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,375 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,614 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 224,542 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (1,231 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name Godel or Golda + -s- + burg (“fortress, stronghold”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goldsborough in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Goldsborough in the United States.

## People named Goldsborough

- Phillips Lee Goldsborough, American politician (1865-1946)
- Robert Henry Goldsborough, American politician (1779-1836)
- Charles Goldsborough, American politician (1765-1834)

## Similar surnames

Goldsberry, Goldsmith, Goldston, Goldsby, Goldsworthy, Goldstone, Goldstein, Gulledge, Gladstone, Goldschmidt, Goltz, Gladson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.