The surname Goldsby
A surname, carried by 1,742 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G432
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,742 people named Goldsby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,236 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,695.
#16,494
rank among US surnames
1,742
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+2.8%
change since 2000 (was #15,785)
Who is named Goldsby
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
47% of people named Goldsby identified as Black (not Hispanic), 46% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 47%
- White (not Hispanic) 46%
- Two or more races 3.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Goldsby
Goldsby has the Soundex code G432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G432.
Questions
- How common is the surname Goldsby?
- 1,742 people in the United States had the surname Goldsby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,236 Americans. It ranked 16,494th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Goldsby?
- In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Goldsby identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 46% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Goldsby getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,742 in 2010, up 2.8%.