# Gould (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gould/  
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) | 38,924 |
| US rank (2010) | 891 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,932 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (37,660 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Gold.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gould 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gould in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Gould

- Stephen Jay Gould, American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
- Elliott Gould, American actor (born 1938)
- Nolan Gould, American actor
- Dana Gould, American stand-up comedian
- Alexander Gould, American actor, voice artist, producer, director, and screenwriter
- Gordon Gould, American physicist and inventor (1920–2005)
- Shane Gould, Australian swimmer
- Jay Gould, American railroad magnate and financier (1836-1892)
- Benjamin Apthorp Gould, American astronomer (1824–1896)
- Harold Gould, American actor (1923-2010)
- Jason Gould, American actor, filmmaker and singer
- Morton Gould, American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist (1913–1996)

and 19 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Gold, Goulet, Guild, Goldie, Goulette, Gillette, Gault, Gillett, Guillot, Gullett, Galati, Gildea.

## 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.