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    The surname Goulding

    A surname, carried by 2,393 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G435

    Goulding: #12,865 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Goulding #12,865, 2,393 people Goulding: #12,865 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Goulding #12,865, 2,393 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goulding is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,393 people named Goulding in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,020 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,269.

    #12,865
    rank among US surnames
    2,393
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,524)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,856Cliff2,395128,913
    #12,861Hofmeister2,394128,966
    #12,865Wunder2,393129,020
    #12,869Buckwalter2,392129,074
    #12,872Luebke2,391129,128

    Who is named Goulding

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

    88% of people named Goulding identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gouldings

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Edmund Goulding
      British director and screenwriter (1891–1959)
    • Chris Goulding
      Australian basketball player (born 1988)
    • Alfred J. Goulding
      American film director (1885–1972)
    • Ray Goulding
      American actor and comedian (1922-1990)

    Notable Gouldings come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Goulding

    Goulding has the Soundex code G435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G435.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Goulding?
    2,393 people in the United States had the surname Goulding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,020 Americans. It ranked 12,865th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goulding?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Goulding identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Goulding?
    Edmund Goulding, British director and screenwriter (1891–1959), followed by Chris Goulding.
    Where is the surname Goulding most common?
    Wikidata records people named Goulding in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
    Is the surname Goulding getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,393 in 2010, up 5.5%.