Goudsmith Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Goudsmith Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goudsmith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands341:496,68247,398
United States131:27,881,456736,413
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Goudsmith Last Name Facts

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

Goudsmith is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goudsmith? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,808,717th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Goudsmith reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 496,682. In The Netherlands Goudsmith is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 29 percent reside, Zeeland, where 29 percent reside and Overijssel, where 18 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Goudsmith Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Goudsmith has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 260 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Goudsmith
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