Last Name GOOLD

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, Irish

Rank 25,484 (2000 US census) 23,797 (1990 US census)
Count 911 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.95%, or 865 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.99%, or 9 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.54%, or 14 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.43%, or 13 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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