Goldsbury Surname

456,246th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 742 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Goldsbury Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Goldsborough or Goldsbrough (Yorks) Gold(e)’s Stronghold [Old English burg]

Goldsbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2331:1,555,618105,142
New Zealand2301:19,6883,459
England1401:397,98627,485
Australia521:519,14839,018
Canada481:767,61660,775
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Wales141:221,03813,576
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
France11:66,422,722504,397
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:553,98629,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1301:386,29828,876

Goldsbury Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Goldsborough or Goldsbrough (Yorks) Gold(e)’s Stronghold [Old English burg]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Goldsborough (Godhelm’s or Golda’s fort), the name of several places in England.

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

Goldsborough, a parish in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Goldsborough; a location name in Yorkshire.

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

Goldsbury Last Name Facts

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

The surname Goldsbury occurs most in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goldsbury? popularity and diffusion

The last name Goldsbury is the 456,246th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 9,821,490 people. The surname Goldsbury occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 38 percent of Goldsbury reside; 38 percent reside in Australasia and 38 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Goldsbury is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 233 people, or 1 in 1,555,618. In The United States Goldsbury is mostly found in: California, where 16 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and Ohio, where 9 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 31 percent reside and England, where 19 percent reside.

Goldsbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Goldsbury has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Goldsbury last name rose 179 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 318 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Goldsbury Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Goldsbury surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Goldsbury earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 15.02% more than the national average, earning $49,629 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.46% less than the national average, earning $49,454 CAD per year.

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