Last Name GOULD

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, French, Irish, Falkland, South african

Rank	836 (2000 US census)	815 (1990 US census)

Count	37,660 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

88.59%, or 33363 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
6.7%, or 2523 total occurrences, as black,
0.53%, or 200 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.29%, or 486 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.46%, or 550 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.42%, or 535 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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