Gold Surname

7,732^nd

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 73,423 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

United States

Highest density in:

Marshall Islands

Gold Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gold.' All from Anglo-Saxon gold, metaphorically preious; later on Precious itself became a font name and then a surname (v. Precious). For intrusive 'u' in Gould, compare Gouldfinch and Gouldsmith (Lond.

Gold Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	31,750	1:11,416	1,421
Nigeria	6,151	1:28,799	2,439
Egypt	5,125	1:17,939	2,088
Russia	4,709	1:30,606	4,183
England	4,068	1:13,697	2,026
Ghana	3,464	1:7,800	1,046
Germany	2,991	1:26,916	3,553
Canada	2,400	1:15,352	2,253
Australia	1,536	1:17,575	2,464
Saudi Arabia	1,034	1:29,841	4,317
Austria	966	1:8,815	1,141
Bangladesh	901	1:176,867	6,245
Scotland	718	1:7,457	1,129
India	636	1:1,206,078	48,352
Mali	516	1:32,886	1,020
South Africa	498	1:108,791	13,104
Morocco	477	1:72,277	12,260
Kazakhstan	452	1:39,121	5,166
Belarus	279	1:34,054	5,892
France	270	1:246,010	38,043
Argentina	262	1:163,143	13,730
New Zealand	253	1:17,899	3,141
Czechia	248	1:42,877	7,118
Uzbekistan	234	1:132,176	6,834
Brazil	203	1:1,054,553	37,070
Malawi	157	1:109,039	12,664
Hungary	134	1:73,256	7,447
Iran	126	1:609,385	33,721
Japan	124	1:1,031,002	20,375
Lithuania	120	1:25,288	4,513
Thailand	112	1:630,700	106,838
Poland	99	1:383,927	41,878
Switzerland	92	1:89,271	9,885
Estonia	84	1:15,736	2,567
Singapore	81	1:67,996	2,745
Spain	78	1:599,385	28,019
Wales	77	1:40,189	3,923
China	75	1:18,230,954	1,039
Iraq	73	1:479,749	8,022
Italy	72	1:849,398	65,259
Israel	70	1:122,252	13,395
Latvia	70	1:29,286	4,492
Mexico	69	1:1,798,931	17,818
Portugal	66	1:157,852	6,835
Marshall Islands	65	1:797	186
Dominican Republic	62	1:168,273	6,481
Northern Ireland	59	1:31,272	3,207
Myanmar	49	1:1,059,959	527
Sweden	48	1:205,141	14,201
Netherlands	47	1:359,302	39,900
Peru	46	1:690,959	16,320
Denmark	44	1:128,289	11,616
Jamaica	44	1:65,226	3,358
Belgium	40	1:287,416	33,962
Moldova	40	1:89,034	11,037
Ireland	37	1:127,269	6,194
Pakistan	33	1:5,413,451	34,034
Indonesia	32	1:4,132,787	209,071
Philippines	31	1:3,265,749	145,701
Romania	31	1:647,673	45,663
Afghanistan	29	1:1,108,730	10,128
Kuwait	29	1:131,058	14,967
Malaysia	28	1:1,053,365	46,873
DR Congo	27	1:2,736,280	122,818
Turkey	27	1:2,882,275	84,327
Sierra Leone	25	1:283,585	406
Venezuela	25	1:1,208,163	17,203
Malta	24	1:17,928	1,021
Croatia	23	1:183,852	22,841
Qatar	22	1:107,182	11,536
Hong Kong	20	1:366,774	3,169
Azerbaijan	19	1:507,849	9,707
Armenia	18	1:162,788	4,827
Seychelles	18	1:5,133	784
Cyprus	17	1:52,052	5,162
Libya	16	1:390,248	1,390
Sudan	16	1:2,344,387	4,438
Tajikistan	16	1:524,168	3,647
Kenya	15	1:3,078,660	38,128
Uruguay	15	1:228,784	17,372
Curaçao	14	1:11,232	389
South Korea	14	1:3,660,018	674
Kyrgyzstan	13	1:459,435	35,797
Syria	12	1:1,608,418	8,291
Uganda	12	1:3,253,273	85,117
Vietnam	12	1:7,720,504	2,596
Liberia	11	1:400,776	20,681
Norway	11	1:467,481	39,375
Taiwan	11	1:2,131,341	13,802
United Arab Emirates	11	1:832,934	27,512
Ethiopia	9	1:10,838,474	14,518
Finland	9	1:610,745	34,002
Greece	9	1:1,231,088	85,267
Chile	8	1:2,202,059	30,910
Colombia	8	1:5,971,759	20,087
Cameroon	7	1:2,967,010	123,373
Ivory Coast	7	1:3,295,890	46,139
Transnistria	7	1:67,814	9,165
American Samoa	6	1:9,293	1,961
Antigua and Barbuda	6	1:16,528	1,436
Costa Rica	6	1:796,678	5,462
Guinea	6	1:1,972,303	1,775
Slovakia	6	1:889,408	78,715
Bermuda	5	1:13,056	1,849
Burkina Faso	5	1:3,670,420	19,318
Cambodia	5	1:3,097,429	8,690
Jordan	5	1:1,768,487	19,843
Angola	4	1:6,747,304	6,999
Anguilla	4	1:3,359	324
Benin	4	1:2,583,900	73,293
Botswana	4	1:546,732	22,624
Cuba	4	1:2,880,679	10,064
Fiji	4	1:223,598	2,635
Mauritania	4	1:1,023,716	25,172
Mongolia	4	1:706,322	11,365
Oman	4	1:921,993	7,313
Puerto Rico	4	1:887,535	4,548
Senegal	4	1:3,644,836	6,064
Sri Lanka	4	1:5,202,140	12,146
Tunisia	4	1:152,656	17,743
Turkmenistan	4	1:1,372,278	6,164
Zimbabwe	4	1:3,859,560	114,807
Georgia	3	1:1,248,515	28,066
Lebanon	3	1:1,879,028	22,073
Serbia	3	1:2,381,649	30,913
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1:454,658	14,297
United States Virgin Islands	3	1:36,792	4,502
Belize	2	1:177,737	3,502
Guyana	2	1:381,110	13,532
Kosovo	2	1:930,934	12,188
Luxembourg	2	1:290,271	8,611
Namibia	2	1:1,204,700	16,113
Nepal	2	1:14,240,478	17,812
Panama	2	1:1,956,129	15,285
Papua New Guinea	2	1:4,076,858	165,791
Slovenia	2	1:1,243,838	27,519
Tanzania	2	1:26,470,806	111,653
Albania	1	1:2,914,055	29,474
Algeria	1	1:38,631,551	130,422
Andorra	1	1:83,838	2,381
Aruba	1	1:103,477	2,586
Bahamas	1	1:391,751	2,737
Bahrain	1	1:1,348,608	10,432
Barbados	1	1:287,448	2,772
Bolivia	1	1:10,616,434	17,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1:3,536,402	19,532
British Virgin Islands	1	1:31,594	1,029
Bulgaria	1	1:6,978,905	86,260
Cayman Islands	1	1:63,893	2,384
Ecuador	1	1:15,905,846	50,210
El Salvador	1	1:6,343,888	8,415
Gambia	1	1:1,923,451	1,043
Grenada	1	1:108,535	1,793
Guam	1	1:160,121	4,893
Guernsey	1	1:64,439	2,137
Honduras	1	1:8,816,442	9,272
Iceland	1	1:380,090	11,096
Isle of Man	1	1:85,822	4,091
Laos	1	1:6,588,323	1,961
North Macedonia	1	1:2,101,472	31,546
Maldives	1	1:404,172	7,269
Mauritius	1	1:1,293,417	16,552
Montenegro	1	1:639,565	9,092
Nicaragua	1	1:6,021,090	8,768
Niger	1	1:19,192,017	110,060
Paraguay	1	1:7,236,746	16,511
Rwanda	1	1:11,364,978	5,947
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	1:112,659	1,704
Solomon Islands	1	1:580,029	22,243
Swaziland	1	1:1,298,199	1,718
Togo	1	1:7,247,768	12,049
Vanuatu	1	1:263,276	2,086
Yemen	1	1:26,425,294	55,147

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Ireland	27	1:164,069	8,499

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	1,081	1:22,549	3,159
Scotland	592	1:6,323	912
Wales	32	1:49,013	2,509
Jersey	3	1:17,294	2,528
Isle of Man	1	1:54,269	2,077

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	1,525	1:32,930	3,959

Gold (64,704) may also be a first name.

Gold Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

Adam Gold, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Golda Imayn, ibid.

Golda Bassat, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Golda de Rosa, Kent, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Willelmus Golde, 1370: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Ricardus Gold, 1379: ibid.

1396. Golda Barnby: Cal. of Wills in the Court of Husting (2).

Gold is also found as a nickname, where Gold is equivalent to golden, i.e. of a bright deep yellow complexion.

Adam le Gold, Close Rolls, 21 Edward III. pt.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Goldwin,' which see. For change of suffix -win into -en, -in, and -ing, v. Godwin and Goggin. It was quite general before the close of the 13th century. But again French influences are traceable in some of the instances below.

Golding Palmarius, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hilde Golden, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Nicholas Goldin, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Thomas Goldine, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Hugo Golding, Suffolk, ibid.

Willelmus Goldyng, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus Goldyng, pelliparius, 1379: ibid.

Isabella Goldyng, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

The family of Golden, Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, are entered Golding in 1563; Goulden, 1707; and Golden, 1672 (Reg. Broad Chalke, pp. 1, 24, 70).

(a) Nick. 'the golden, 'probably from the complexion of the hair' compare Goldenlock.

Henry le Gulden, 1316. Writs of Parliament.

Henry le Gilden, 1325. Writs of Parliament.

Roger le Gildene, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

An Old English personal name, Gold(a), from gold, the metal (Redin). Adam Gold, bailiff of Montrose, rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, II, p. 198). The surname is not uncommon in Angus and Goold may be a variant of it. Angus Gold in Over Kinmonth, 1582, and eight more of the name around Brechin are in record (Brechin).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Probably the Old English personal name Golding, i.e. Gold(a)'s son. The rashness of a Scots soldier, Ralph Golding, at the bridge of Rokesburgh in 1333 led to Sir Andrew Moray of Bothwell, the Regent, being taken prisoner by the English (Hailes, II, p. 197).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

A form of Gold, which see, with intrusive u. Eleven Coolds of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are recorded in the Commissariot Record of Dunblane.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Gold(a, from the metal [Old English gold] Adam Gold.—Hundred Rolls

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of Gold or Golda, Old English personal names derived from the metal.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A personal or baptismal name. Golde and Goldus occur in Domesd., and Gold, in the H.R., had become a surname. As a baptismal name it was in use in the XIV. ceut., when Gold le Blodleter is found as the designation of an inhabitant of Yarmouth. Papers Norf. Arch, Soc. iv. 253.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

See Gold. The Goulds are traceable in the municipal records of Exeter to the time of Edward III. Lysons.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

and the Goldus of Domesday; also Waldie, Waldo; from German, wold, a wood, or Old German walt, powerful, governing, ruling; also a prefect.

— Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Or Gould. Alexander and John Golde (Goude) of Normandy, 1195; John and Odo Goude, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Elias, Gilbert, Isolda, &c., Golde, England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

— The Norman People (1874)

From the Danish, Gold; from the German, Golde; a personal name.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

DNA test information

Gold Demographics

Average Gold Salary in
United States

$52,221^USD

Per year

Rank:

348,288 of 1,180,305

Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:

0.0085926

Rank: 1,433 of 1,181,369

Percentage of national average salary:

121.02%

Sample size: 14,033 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149^USD

Per year

Per month:

$3,596^USD

Per week:

$799^USD

Per day:

$118^USD

View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States

Gold Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gold Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Gold (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﻟﺪ, Hindi: गोल्ड, Russian: Голд) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gold? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 7,732^nd most common family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 99,254 people. The surname Gold is primarily found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Gold are found; 46 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 14,858^th most common first name in the world, borne by 64,704 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 31,750 people, or 1 in 11,416. In The United States Gold is primarily found in: New York, where 17 percent reside, California, where 14 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The United States it is found in 172 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and Egypt, where 7 percent reside.

Gold Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Gold has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gold last name expanded 2,082 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 376 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 121 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 241 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 137 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Gold Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Anglican (44%) in Ireland, Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (95%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Gold surname are 39.72% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 92.95% being registered with the party.

The amount Gold earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.4% more than the national average, earning 364,783 kr per year; in Peru they earn 161.29% more than the national average, earning S/. 50,652 per year; in South Africa they earn 45.39% more than the national average, earning R 345,492 per year; in United States they earn 21.02% more than the national average, earning $52,221 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.56% more than the national average, earning $66,356 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Gould	89	97,489	/
Goold	89	3,501	/
Golds	89	1,638	/
Goldt	89	256	/
Golld	89	11	/
Goeld	89	7	/
Ghold	89	5	/
Goild	89	3	/
Goldz	89	3	/
Goldd	89	2	/
Goyld	89	1	/
Ngold	89	1	/
Gol	86	32,171	/
Old	86	8,887	/
Goulds	80	185	/
Goldch	80	10	/
Gouldd	80	6	/
Goldts	80	5	/
Ghould	80	5	/
Goldtd	80	1	/
Gouldh	80	1	/
Goolds	80	0	/
Goldsh	80	0	/
Goulld	80	0	/
Gouyld	80	0	/
Gole	75	80,326	/
Ould	75	22,696	/
Olds	75	11,618	/
Goll	75	9,237	/
Gohl	75	4,327	/
Hold	75	3,168	/
Gool	75	2,126	/
Goyl	75	1,995	/
Guld	75	976	/
Golt	75	769	/
Goul	75	743	/
Goil	75	573	/
Ghol	75	455	/
Oldt	75	372	/
Ngol	75	368	/
Gald	75	124	/
Goël	75	68	/
Golh	75	49	/
Golp	75	9	/
Gotl	75	7	/
Șold	75	5	/
Güld	75	5	/
Golč	75	4	/
Oild	75	3	/
Oldz	75	2	/
Gosl	75	2	/
Cgol	75	2	/
Ohld	75	1	/
Uold	75	1	/
Kgol	75	1	/
Goệl	75	1	/
Oldh	75	1	/
Ojld	75	1	/
Osld	75	1	/
Goldová	73	390	/
Goldova	73	321	/
Golglid	73	5	/
Gottled	73	2	/
Gosseld	73	2	/
Goldsch	73	1	/
Goggild	73	1	/
Ghoul	67	21,875	/
Ghole	67	7,737	/
Kgole	67	4,814	/
Golle	67	3,639	/
Goule	67	3,556	/
Gauld	67	3,260	/
Holdt	67	1,927	/
Golts	67	1,589	/
Holds	67	1,298	/
Hould	67	951	/
Golhe	67	785	/
Goult	67	697	/
Gocel	67	560	/
Goole	67	553	/
Oulds	67	439	/
Goihl	67	370	/
Goyle	67	282	/
Gotel	67	256	/
Ghool	67	250	/
Ngoul	67	194	/
Goile	67	191	/
Golcz	67	171	/
Golte	67	137	/
Gottl	67	96	/
Gholp	67	88	/
Gotil	67	80	/
Ngoyl	67	72	/
Gogli	67	70	/
Gohul	67	68	/
Holdø	67	65	/
Ghald	67	46	/
Gosel	67	44	/
Ggolh	67	29	/
Ghoil	67	25	/
Ghosl	67	24	/
Gholl	67	19	/
Gottihld	67	16	/
Gosle	67	14	/
Gouhl	67	12	/
Ngoil	67	12	/
Ouldt	67	12	/
Goill	67	9	/
Gosil	67	8	/
Goull	67	6	/
Gothl	67	5	/
Golth	67	4	/
Goisl	67	4	/
Kgald	67	4	/
Gholt	67	3	/
Gocil	67	3	/
Gooll	67	3	/
Gojle	67	3	/
Gholh	67	3	/
Gouël	67	3	/
Gheld	67	2	/
Hgolt	67	2	/
Galds	67	2	/
Galld	67	2	/
Goulp	67	2	/
Ngoll	67	2	/
Nghol	67	1	/
Hoyld	67	1	/
Goysl	67	1	/
Ghoyl	67	1	/
Goelt	67	1	/
Geeol	67	1	/
N'Gol	67	1	/
Guldt	67	1	/
Ggole	67	1	/
D'Old	67	1	/
Oiled	67	1	/
Ng'ol	67	1	/
Oldsh	67	1	/
Oteld	67	1	/
Cgald	67	1	/
Hghol	67	1	/
Goochild	67	0	/
Hoold	67	0	/
Goohl	67	0	/
Holdz	67	0	/
Olldt	67	0	/
Oldts	67	0	/
Oolds	67	0	/
Gaald	67	0	/
Goolh	67	0	/

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Gold Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Gold in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺟﻮﻟﺪ	jwld	-
Gold in the Hindi language
गोल्ड	golda	94.44
गोल्डन	goldana	5.56
Gold in the Russian language
Голд	gold	-

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Gold Reference & Research

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Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gold
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Gold Surname

Gold Surname Definition:

Gold Surname Distribution Map

Gold Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Gold Demographics

$52,221 USD

Per year

$43,149 USD

Per year

Gold Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gold Come From? nationality or country of origin

How Common Is The Last Name Gold? popularity and diffusion

Gold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

Gold Last Name Statistics demography

Phonetically Similar Names

Gold Name Transliterations

Search for Another Surname

Gold Reference & Research

Footnotes

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

$52,221^USD

$43,149^USD

Where Does The Last Name Gold Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

How Common Is The Last Name Gold? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Gold Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

Gold Last Name Statistics ^demography