# Goldschmidt (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,680 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,933 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 183,777 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (1,646 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Goldschmidt.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goldschmidt 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Goldschmidt in the United States, Belgium and Norway.

## People named Goldschmidt

- Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player (born 1987)
- Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician (1940–2024)
- Robert B. Goldschmidt, Belgian chemist, physicist, and engineer (1877-1935)
- Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt, Austrian-born, Norwegian chemist

## Similar surnames

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