The surname Goolsby
A surname, carried by 7,721 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G421
Origin
Probably a reduced form of Gooldsbury, a variant of Goldsborough.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 7,721 people named Goolsby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,988 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,389.
#4,596
rank among US surnames
7,721
people in 2010
2.6
per 100,000 Americans
+4.5%
change since 2000 (was #4,435)
Who is named Goolsby
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
69% of people named Goolsby identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 69%
- Black (not Hispanic) 25%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Questions
- Where does the surname Goolsby come from?
- Probably a reduced form of Gooldsbury, a variant of Goldsborough.
- How common is the surname Goolsby?
- 7,721 people in the United States had the surname Goolsby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,988 Americans. It ranked 4,596th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Goolsby?
- In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Goolsby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Goolsby getting more or less common?
- More common. 7,389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,721 in 2010, up 4.5%.