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    The surname Goldsmith

    An occupational surname, carried by 16,346 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G432

    Goldsmith: #2,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Goldsmith #2,229, 16,346 people Goldsmith: #2,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goldsmith #2,229, 16,346 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goldsmith is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    From goldsmith.

    Goldsmith is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,346 people named Goldsmith in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,888 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,238.

    #2,229
    rank among US surnames
    16,346
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,046)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,220Ennis16,41918,804
    #2,221Whiting16,41818,805
    #2,222Chadwick16,41518,809
    #2,223Adler16,41218,812
    #2,224Barney16,40418,821
    #2,225Ontiveros16,38218,847
    #2,226Ring16,38118,848

    Who is named Goldsmith

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

    79% of people named Goldsmith identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Goldsmiths

    18 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Oliver Goldsmith
      Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (d. 1774)
    • Jerry Goldsmith
      American film composer (1929–2004)
    • Joel Goldsmith
      American composer of film, television, and video game music (1957-2012)
    • William Goldsmith
      American musician, born 1972
    • Edward Goldsmith
      British environmentalist, writer and philosopher (1928–2009)
    • Paul Goldsmith
      American racing driver (1925–2024)
    • Jonathan Goldsmith
      American actor (born 1938)
    • Kenneth Goldsmith
      American poet and visual artist, born 1961
    • Cele Goldsmith Lalli
      American editor (1933–2002)
    • Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr.
      American television pioneer (1910–2009)
    • Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith
      British barrister (born 1950)
    • Marshall Goldsmith
      American author of leadership and management literature, born 1949

    Notable Goldsmiths come mostly from the United States (13), the United Kingdom (2) and the Kingdom of Ireland (1).

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    Surnames that sound like Goldsmith

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Goldsmith come from?
    From goldsmith.
    How common is the surname Goldsmith?
    16,346 people in the United States had the surname Goldsmith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,888 Americans. It ranked 2,229th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goldsmith?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Goldsmith identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Goldsmith?
    Oliver Goldsmith, Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (d. 1774), followed by Jerry Goldsmith.
    Where is the surname Goldsmith most common?
    Wikidata records people named Goldsmith in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Ireland and 2 other countries.
    What type of surname is Goldsmith?
    Goldsmith is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Goldsmith getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,238 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,346 in 2010, up 0.7%.