How common is the surname Goldschmidt?

1,680 people in the United States had the surname Goldschmidt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,777 Americans. It ranked 16,933rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Goldschmidt?

Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player (born 1987), followed by Neil Goldschmidt.

Where is the surname Goldschmidt most common?

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

Is the surname Goldschmidt getting more or less common?

More common. 1,646 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,680 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Goldschmidt

A German surname, carried by 1,680 people in the United States.

2 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). Goldschmidt is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Goldschmidt.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,680 people named Goldschmidt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,777 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,646.

#16,933

rank among US surnames

1,680

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,147)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,926	Bashore	1,681	183,668
#16,933	Morena	1,680	183,777
#16,939	McBean	1,679	183,887

Who is named Goldschmidt

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

95% of people named Goldschmidt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goldschmidts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, 1857–1937

Notable Goldschmidts come mostly from the United States (2), Belgium (1) and Norway (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goldschmidt

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Goldschmidt come from?: Borrowed from German Goldschmidt.
How common is the surname Goldschmidt?: 1,680 people in the United States had the surname Goldschmidt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,777 Americans. It ranked 16,933rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goldschmidt?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goldschmidt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goldschmidt?: Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player (born 1987), followed by Neil Goldschmidt.
Where is the surname Goldschmidt most common?: Wikidata records people named Goldschmidt in the United States, Belgium and Norway.
Is the surname Goldschmidt getting more or less common?: More common. 1,646 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,680 in 2010, up 2.1%.