Goldfarb Surname

57,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,808 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Goldfarb Surname Definition:

(German) Gold color.

Goldfarb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,1711:58,7366,959
Israel1,1721:7,3021,124
Argentina3711:115,2119,715
Canada3101:118,85712,533
France1591:417,75360,954
Brazil1211:1,769,20957,430
England1191:468,21930,572
Russia941:1,533,224104,207
Australia351:771,30649,759
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
Belgium271:425,80243,971
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Poland251:1,520,35087,293
Chile231:765,93416,989
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Austria191:448,18144,644
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Panama61:652,04310,051
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Goldfarb (13) may also be a first name.

Goldfarb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Gold color.

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

Goldfarb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Goldfarb (Russian: Гольдфарб) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Goldfarb? popularity and diffusion

The surname Goldfarb is the 57,483rd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 827,378 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Goldfarb live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 13 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 6,171 people, or 1 in 58,736. In The United States Goldfarb is most frequent in: New York, where 25 percent are found, Florida, where 14 percent are found and California, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 45 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 13 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.

Goldfarb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Goldfarb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Goldfarb last name increased 56,100 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Goldfarb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Goldfarb surname are 43.8% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 97.03% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Goldfarb earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 46.61% more than the national average, earning R 348,396 per year; in United States they earn 32.54% more than the national average, earning $57,191 USD per year and in Canada they earn 67.51% more than the national average, earning $83,225 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Golidfarb9438/
Goldfarbe9413/
Goldfarbs943/
Gooldfarb941/
Goldefarb941/
Holdfarb8888/
Goldforb8813/
Goldfrab885/
Guldfarb882/
Goldferb881/
Glodfarb881/
Gladfarb881/
Goldfrap752/

Goldfarb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Goldfarb in the Russian language
Гольдфарбgoldfarb-

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