Goldspink Surname

339,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,083 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Goldspink Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the goldfinch.' 'Spink, the chaffinch. Var. dial.': Halliwell. v. Spink.

Goldspink Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5521:100,93910,637
Australia3571:75,6188,847
United States631:5,753,316282,354
Canada621:594,28449,093
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Wales111:281,32115,850
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2401:101,56410,213
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Goldspink Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the goldfinch.' 'Spink, the chaffinch. Var. dial.': Halliwell. v. Spink.

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

(Anglo-Scand.) Goldfinch, q.v. [Scot. ana Dialectal English spink, finch; of Scandinavian origin]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A northern provincialism for Goldfinch.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Goldspink Last Name Facts

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

The surname Goldspink is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Goldspink? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 339,513th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,729,036 people. Goldspink occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Goldspink reside; 52 percent reside in Northern Europe and 52 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 552 people, or 1 in 100,939. In England Goldspink is most prevalent in: Norfolk, where 14 percent live, East Riding of Yorkshire, where 10 percent live and Suffolk, where 10 percent live. Beside England Goldspink is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Goldspink Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Goldspink has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Goldspink surname rose 230 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 332 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Goldspink Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Goldspink last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Goldspink earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 200.74% more than the national average, earning R 714,684 per year; in United States they earn 4.68% more than the national average, earning $45,167 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.32% more than the national average, earning $60,772 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gold-Spink951/
Goldspenk891/
Goldsping890/
Klodseepeng501/

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