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    The surname Goldthwaite

    A Norse place surname, carried by 524 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G433

    Goldthwaite: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Goldthwaite #41,501, 524 people Goldthwaite: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Goldthwaite #41,501, 524 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goldthwaite is more common than 74.4% of them.

    Origin

    Norse origin

    Perhaps a habitational surname from a minor place in South Yorkshire, named with Old Norse gil (“ravine, gully”) + þveit (“paddock, meadow”), even though the modern surname is more associated with Essex than Yorkshire.

    Goldthwaite is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 524 people named Goldthwaite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 521.

    #41,501
    rank among US surnames
    524
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #39,678)

    Who is named Goldthwaite

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

    90% of people named Goldthwaite identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Goldthwaites

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kevin Goldthwaite
      American soccer player, born 1982
    • Anne Goldthwaite
      American artist and advocate of women's rights and equal rights (1869–1944)
    • George Goldthwaite
      American politician (1809-1879)

    Other Norse surnames

    All 126 Norse surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Goldthwaite come from?
    Perhaps a habitational surname from a minor place in South Yorkshire, named with Old Norse gil (“ravine, gully”) + þveit (“paddock, meadow”), even though the modern surname is more associated with Essex than Yorkshire.
    How common is the surname Goldthwaite?
    524 people in the United States had the surname Goldthwaite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. It ranked 41,501st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goldthwaite?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Goldthwaite identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Goldthwaite?
    Kevin Goldthwaite, American soccer player, followed by Anne Goldthwaite.
    Where is the surname Goldthwaite most common?
    Wikidata records people named Goldthwaite in the United States.
    What type of surname is Goldthwaite?
    Goldthwaite is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Goldthwaite getting more or less common?
    More common. 521 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 524 in 2010, up 0.6%.