Goldmith Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Goldmith Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goldmith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Goldmith Last Name Facts

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

The surname Goldmith occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Goldmith.

How Common Is The Last Name Goldmith? popularity and diffusion

Goldmith is the 7,593,402nd most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Goldmith occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Goldmith live; 67 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Goldmith is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Goldmith is most prevalent in: Alabama, where 33 percent live, California, where 33 percent live and South Carolina, where 33 percent live. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent live and Mexico, where 17 percent live.

Goldmith Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Goldmith has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Goldmith last name fell 40 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goldamith941/
Goldmit931/
Goldmidt881/
Goldmaite820/
Goldmeet754/
Goldmetz750/
Guladamath671/
Gulledamath631/
Keladimath5638/
Kaladimath561/
Kiledamath561/
Kalludimath5317/
Killedamath536/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Goldmith
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