Last Name GOLDSON

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Meaning The son of Goldstan. Although this last name looks local, it is very doubtful whether such be the case. It's impossible to find any spot so called, and all early instances of the name are without prefix 'de' or 'de la.' On the other hand, Goldstan would be a lilkely first name.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 27,970 (2000 US census) 27,648 (1990 US census)
Count 807 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 23.42%, or 189 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 67.66%, or 546 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.84%, or 31 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 4.58%, or 37 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Russian middle names

 As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

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