Goldstein Surname

8,019th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70,797 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Goldstein Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Gold Stone [O.H.Ger. gold + stein] In Mod. Ger. goldstein denotes the chrysolite.

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Goldstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States50,3171:7,204848
Israel10,0011:85641
Germany2,4211:33,2534,385
Canada1,6891:21,8152,991
England1,3081:42,5985,437
France1,2471:53,2667,009
Argentina7481:57,1444,835
South Africa5091:106,43912,833
Australia5011:53,8846,628
Brazil4181:512,14019,258
Belgium1131:101,74015,454
Netherlands1061:159,31323,533
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Thailand831:851,064135,450
Uruguay791:43,4404,931
Venezuela751:402,7218,293
Switzerland701:117,32712,009
New Zealand621:73,03710,843
Hungary591:166,37814,685
Mexico521:2,387,04220,469
Chile501:352,3299,825
Spain501:935,04135,950
Poland491:775,68962,719
Czechia441:241,67033,051
Costa Rica431:111,1641,807
Ecuador401:397,6469,955
Sweden371:266,12918,422
Denmark341:166,02114,242
Croatia321:132,14418,905
Italy311:1,972,79688,569
Norway291:177,32021,035
Russia291:4,969,761222,297
Scotland291:184,61410,113
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Moldova231:154,84216,100
Panama201:195,6135,661
China191:71,964,2933,948
Philippines191:5,328,328173,877
Wales181:171,91811,581
Peru171:1,869,65424,503
Greece161:692,48777,522
Slovakia141:381,17550,143
Austria121:709,62061,025
Barbados111:26,1321,223
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Guam81:20,0153,029
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Monaco71:5,295668
Guatemala61:2,680,4456,792
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
United States Virgin Islands61:18,3962,503
Honduras51:1,763,2885,823
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
British Virgin Islands21:15,797839
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5861:41,5965,249
Wales151:104,5614,503
Scotland111:340,29210,329
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6651:30,1613,652

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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(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.

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

(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.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

A German surname, meaning 'gold stone'.

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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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