How common is the surname Goldsborough?

1,375 people in the United States had the surname Goldsborough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,542 Americans. It ranked 19,614th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Goldsborough?

Phillips Lee Goldsborough, American politician (1865-1946), followed by Robert Henry Goldsborough.

Where is the surname Goldsborough most common?

Wikidata records people named Goldsborough in the United States.

Is the surname Goldsborough getting more or less common?

More common. 1,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,375 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Goldsborough

An English place surname, carried by 1,375 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goldsborough is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Goldsborough is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,375 people named Goldsborough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,542 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,231.

#19,614

rank among US surnames

1,375

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+11.7%

change since 2000 (was #20,138)

Who is named Goldsborough

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

68% of people named Goldsborough identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goldsboroughs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goldsborough

Goldsborough has the Soundex code G432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G432.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Goldsborough come from?: From the Old English personal name Godel or Golda + -s- + burg (“fortress, stronghold”).
How common is the surname Goldsborough?: 1,375 people in the United States had the surname Goldsborough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,542 Americans. It ranked 19,614th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goldsborough?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Goldsborough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Goldsborough?: Phillips Lee Goldsborough, American politician (1865-1946), followed by Robert Henry Goldsborough.
Where is the surname Goldsborough most common?: Wikidata records people named Goldsborough in the United States.
What type of surname is Goldsborough?: Goldsborough is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Goldsborough getting more or less common?: More common. 1,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,375 in 2010, up 12%.