Goldstein Surname
Approximately 70,797 people bear this surname
Goldstein Surname Definition:
(Ger.) Gold Stone [O.H.Ger. gold + stein] In Mod. Ger. goldstein denotes the chrysolite.
Read More About This SurnameGoldstein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 50,317 | 1:7,204 | 848 |
| Israel | 10,001 | 1:856 | 41 |
| Germany | 2,421 | 1:33,253 | 4,385 |
| Canada | 1,689 | 1:21,815 | 2,991 |
| England | 1,308 | 1:42,598 | 5,437 |
| France | 1,247 | 1:53,266 | 7,009 |
| Argentina | 748 | 1:57,144 | 4,835 |
| South Africa | 509 | 1:106,439 | 12,833 |
| Australia | 501 | 1:53,884 | 6,628 |
| Brazil | 418 | 1:512,140 | 19,258 |
| Belgium | 113 | 1:101,740 | 15,454 |
| Netherlands | 106 | 1:159,313 | 23,533 |
| Dominican Republic | 85 | 1:122,740 | 5,063 |
| Thailand | 83 | 1:851,064 | 135,450 |
| Uruguay | 79 | 1:43,440 | 4,931 |
| Venezuela | 75 | 1:402,721 | 8,293 |
| Switzerland | 70 | 1:117,327 | 12,009 |
| New Zealand | 62 | 1:73,037 | 10,843 |
| Hungary | 59 | 1:166,378 | 14,685 |
| Mexico | 52 | 1:2,387,042 | 20,469 |
| Chile | 50 | 1:352,329 | 9,825 |
| Spain | 50 | 1:935,041 | 35,950 |
| Poland | 49 | 1:775,689 | 62,719 |
| Czechia | 44 | 1:241,670 | 33,051 |
| Costa Rica | 43 | 1:111,164 | 1,807 |
| Ecuador | 40 | 1:397,646 | 9,955 |
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Denmark | 34 | 1:166,021 | 14,242 |
| Croatia | 32 | 1:132,144 | 18,905 |
| Italy | 31 | 1:1,972,796 | 88,569 |
| Norway | 29 | 1:177,320 | 21,035 |
| Russia | 29 | 1:4,969,761 | 222,297 |
| Scotland | 29 | 1:184,614 | 10,113 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Moldova | 23 | 1:154,842 | 16,100 |
| Panama | 20 | 1:195,613 | 5,661 |
| China | 19 | 1:71,964,293 | 3,948 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:171,918 | 11,581 |
| Peru | 17 | 1:1,869,654 | 24,503 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Slovakia | 14 | 1:381,175 | 50,143 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Barbados | 11 | 1:26,132 | 1,223 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Guatemala | 6 | 1:2,680,445 | 6,792 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 6 | 1:18,396 | 2,503 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 586 | 1:41,596 | 5,249 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:104,561 | 4,503 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:340,292 | 10,329 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,665 | 1:30,161 | 3,652 |
The alternate forms: Goldštein (1) are calculated separately.
Goldstein (213) may also be a first name.
Goldstein Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Ger.) Gold Stone [O.H.Ger. gold + stein] In Mod. Ger. goldstein denotes the chrysolite.
(German) Gold stone; one who used a goldstein, a touchstone used by goldsmith to test gold; dweller at the sign of the gollstein, a topaz emblematic of the goldsmith’s shop.
(from an ancestor's occupation) In German, the literal meaning is “touchstone,” a goldsmith’s tool used to test the quality of gold and silver. Many goldsmiths took the name Goldstein as a symbol of their trade.
User-submitted Reference
A German surname, meaning 'gold stone'.
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Goldstein Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Goldstein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goldstein Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goldstein has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Goldštein. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goldstein? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,019th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 102,936 people. The last name Goldstein occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Goldstein live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 619,385th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 213 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 50,317 people, or 1 in 7,204. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 24 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 95 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 14 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.
Goldstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Goldstein has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,022 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 223 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 264 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 120 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Goldstein Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Goldstein surname is chiefly Jewish (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Goldstein last name are 41.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.71% registered with the political party.
The amount Goldstein earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.13% more than the national average, earning 408,820 kr per year; in Peru they earn 828.12% more than the national average, earning S/. 179,917 per year; in South Africa they earn 36.33% more than the national average, earning R 323,964 per year; in Colombia they earn 71.07% more than the national average, earning $38,838,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 31.65% more than the national average, earning $56,805 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.79% more than the national average, earning $71,937 CAD per year.
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Goldstein Reference & Research
Goldstein DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Goldstein FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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