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    The surname Golston

    A surname, carried by 1,653 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G423

    Golston: #17,142 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Golston #17,142, 1,653 people Golston: #17,142 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Golston #17,142, 1,653 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Golston is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,653 people named Golston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 186,779 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,379.

    #17,142
    rank among US surnames
    1,653
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.9%
    change since 2000 (was #18,484)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,135Godby1,654186,666
    #17,142Ally1,653186,779
    #17,151Endo1,652186,892

    Who is named Golston

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

    82% of people named Golston identified as Black (not Hispanic), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Golston

    Golston has the Soundex code G423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G423.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Golston?
    1,653 people in the United States had the surname Golston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 186,779 Americans. It ranked 17,142nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Golston?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Golston identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Golston getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,379 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,653 in 2010, up 20%.