# Golson (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,513 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,378 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 122,859 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (2,408 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Golson 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) | 43% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Golson in the United States.

## People named Golson

- Benny Golson, American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1929–2024)

## Similar surnames

Gleason, Glisson, Gleeson, Glosson, Gilson, Gholson, Gilligan, Glassman, Galligan, Glickman, Gullickson, Glessner.

## 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.