Goldman Surname

10,247th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54,914 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Goldman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Goldman,' compounded of the personal name Gold and the augmentative man; compare Bateman, Tiddiman.

1626. Robert Gouldman and Catherine Newton: Marriage Lic. (London).

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Goldman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States39,9321:9,0771,095
Israel4,9471:1,730162
Australia1,4001:19,2832,665
England1,3191:42,2435,403
Canada1,3161:27,9983,707
Russia1,1471:125,65214,891
South Africa7141:75,8799,430
Argentina6321:67,6325,776
Poland6071:62,6179,841
France3951:168,15926,178
Brazil3471:616,92922,962
Germany2381:338,25833,254
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
Netherlands1861:90,79114,945
Estonia1301:10,1681,422
Thailand1231:574,29597,879
Sweden1141:86,3756,380
Uruguay791:43,4404,931
Uzbekistan761:406,96210,029
Kazakhstan611:289,87724,582
Czechia531:200,63128,987
Belarus521:182,71323,870
Mexico511:2,433,84720,676
Chile441:400,37410,831
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Indonesia401:3,306,230179,945
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Belgium351:328,47637,084
Latvia351:58,5738,789
Ireland341:138,4986,546
Slovakia291:184,01631,260
Moldova261:136,97614,869
Hungary251:392,65127,081
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
Denmark231:245,42219,084
Scotland231:232,77511,829
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
China191:71,964,2933,948
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Wales161:193,40812,484
Haiti151:712,26011,091
United States Virgin Islands151:7,3581,106
Italy141:4,368,335106,343
Turks and Caicos Islands141:2,452252
Finland131:422,82327,659
Hong Kong111:666,8623,581
Georgia101:374,55415,620
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Azerbaijan81:1,206,14016,795
India81:95,883,173728,828
Nicaragua81:752,6364,372
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Norway61:857,04855,549
Paraguay51:1,447,34911,454
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Belize31:118,4913,439
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3401:71,6927,971
Wales311:50,5942,584
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Isle of Man41:13,5671,192
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7511:28,6803,502

Goldman (417) may also be a first name.

Goldman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Goldman,' compounded of the personal name Gold and the augmentative man; compare Bateman, Tiddiman.

1626. Robert Gouldman and Catherine Newton: Marriage Lic. (London).

1640. Married — Michaell Evans and Joyce Gouldman: St. Dionis Backchurch.

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

The name of a family long notable in the mercantile annals of Dundee, and supposed by some to have come from Flanders. Goldman, however, is an Old English personal name. The first of the name mentioned in Dundee records is James Goldman, admitted burgess in 1562. The name is found on tombstones in the Howff Cemetery, Dundee, as early as 1605, and Peter Goldman, a member of the family there commemorated, is author of Latin "Poemata" in the Delitiae Poetarum Scotorum, 1637, I, p. 364—376. Fifteen of the name are recorded in the Commissariot records of Brechin. William Goldman, junior, was heir of William Goldman, merchant burgess of Dundee in 1614 (Inquis., 560). Golman 1632. For genealogical notes on various members of the family see Wedderbum's Account book, p. 106—107.

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

= Gold (q.v.) and + man.

Goldman was the appropriate name of a moneyer temp. William I.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The servant of Gold or Golda (gold).

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

From German, wald-man, woodman. Hence, by corruption, Coldman. See Goodman. "The Gollops of Strode co. Dorset have a tradition of Danish or Swedish descent from a soldier of fortune who was living in 1465. B.L.G." - Lower.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Goldman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Goldman (Georgian: გოლდმან, Russian: Гольдман) occurs most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Goldman? popularity and diffusion

The last name Goldman is the 10,247th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 132,708 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Goldman live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 420,947th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 417 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 39,932 people, or 1 in 9,077. In The United States Goldman is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 18 percent reside, California, where 14 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States it exists in 117 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 9 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Goldman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Goldman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Goldman surname increased 2,281 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 388 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 680 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 383 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 48 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Goldman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Jewish (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (67%) in Russia and Orthodox (54%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Goldman surname are 40.97% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.2% registered with the political party.

The amount Goldman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.53% more than the national average, earning 347,924 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 46.35% more than the national average, earning R 347,772 per year; in United States they earn 25.1% more than the national average, earning $53,980 USD per year and in Canada they earn 56.16% more than the national average, earning $77,584 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goldmann9310,630/
Gouldman93263/
Goldmane93204/
Goldmand938/
Gooldman932/
Goildman931/
Cgoldman931/
Golldman931/
Goeldman930/
Goldmean930/
Oldman921,741/
Gouldmann8834/
D'Goldman881/
Golldmann881/
Goldmannn881/
Goldmaine880/
Holdman861,478/
Guldman8660/
Goldmon8647/
Oldmann867/
Goldmam867/
Galdman863/
Ohldman860/
Goldmanová8294/
Guldmann80446/
Holdmann80227/
Guldmand8014/
Gauldman803/
Goldmond801/
Goldmaum801/
Holdmand801/
Holldman800/
Goldmannová78172/
Goldmannova784/
Aldman7739/
Oldmam771/
Haldman7128/
Holdmam712/
Auldman711/
Aldmann711/
Aldmand710/
Holdmon710/
Haldmand671/
Haldmann671/
Halldmann631/
Aldmon6250/
Aldmond570/

Goldman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Goldman in the Georgian language
გოლდმანgoldman-
Goldman in the Russian language
Гольдманgoldman-

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