How common is the surname Goldstein?

29,938 people in the United States had the surname Goldstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,313 Americans. It ranked 1,173rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goldstein?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goldstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goldstein?

Joseph L. Goldstein, American biochemist, followed by Baruch Goldstein.

Where is the surname Goldstein most common?

Wikidata records people named Goldstein in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Goldstein getting more or less common?

Less common. 30,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,938 in 2010, down 1.6%.

The surname Goldstein

A German surname, carried by 29,938 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). Goldstein is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

One of the ornamental surnames chosen by German Jews, from German Gold (“gold”) + Stein (“stone”).

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 29,938 people named Goldstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,313 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,429.

#1,173

rank among US surnames

29,938

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

-1.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,050)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,164	Cordero	30,158	10,238
#1,165	Franks	30,155	10,239
#1,166	Guillen	30,153	10,239
#1,168	Ratliff	30,083	10,263
#1,169	Sweet	30,051	10,274
#1,170	Talley	30,014	10,287
#1,171	Whitfield	29,962	10,305

Who is named Goldstein

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

95% of people named Goldstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goldsteins

22 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joseph L. Goldstein
American biochemist, born 1940
Baruch Goldstein
American-Israeli doctor, perpetrator of the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre (1956-1994)
Jenette Goldstein
American actress and businesswoman, born 1960
Vida Goldstein
Australian feminist politician (1869–1949)
Rebecca Goldstein
American novelist, short story writer, biographer, philosopher (b. 1950)
Brett Goldstein
British actor and comedian, born 1980
Jonathan Goldstein
American actor, born 1964
Herbert Goldstein
American physicist (1922–2005)
Paul Goldstein
American tennis player and coach, born 1976
Lisa Goldstein
American actress, born 1981
Jonathan Goldstein
American film director and screenwriter, born 1968
Joseph Goldstein
American vipassana teacher, born 1944

Notable Goldsteins come mostly from the United States (20), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goldstein

Goldstein 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 Goldstein come from?: One of the ornamental surnames chosen by German Jews, from German Gold (“gold”) + Stein (“stone”).
How common is the surname Goldstein?: 29,938 people in the United States had the surname Goldstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,313 Americans. It ranked 1,173rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goldstein?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goldstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goldstein?: Joseph L. Goldstein, American biochemist, followed by Baruch Goldstein.
Where is the surname Goldstein most common?: Wikidata records people named Goldstein in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Goldstein getting more or less common?: Less common. 30,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,938 in 2010, down 1.6%.