Goldsboro Surname

617,057th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Goldsboro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goldsboro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4611:786,24560,824
Ireland261:181,1137,791
England121:4,643,172139,951
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1091:460,72233,053

Goldsboro (10) may also be a first name.

Goldsboro Last Name Facts

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

Goldsboro is most common in The United States. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goldsboro? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 617,057th most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Goldsboro live; 92 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America. Goldsboro is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 10 people.

The surname Goldsboro is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 461 people, or 1 in 786,245. In The United States it is most common in: New Jersey, where 27 percent are found, Illinois, where 17 percent are found and Delaware, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The United States it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 5 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Goldsboro Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Goldsboro has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 423 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Goldsboro Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Goldsboro are 13.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.27% registered to vote for the political party.

Goldsboro earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.46% less than the national average, earning $38,205 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Goldsboro
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