Last Name GOLD

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Gold. All form of 'gold,' maaphorically 'precious.' Later on Precious itself bacame a fist name and then a surname. Gold is also found as a nickname, where Gold is equivalent to golden, i.e. of a bright yellow complexion.

Origin	English, Jewish, German, Polish, Irish, Slovakian, Falkland, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	1,810 (2000 US census)	1,984 (1990 US census)

Count	18,237 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91.81%, or 16743 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.82%, or 697 total occurrences, as black,
0.64%, or 117 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.24%, or 44 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.32%, or 241 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.18%, or 398 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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