Goldsmith

15,580 people in the United States were counted with the surname Goldsmith in the 2020 census, making it the 2,277th most common in the country. That is about one person in 19,200.

By the numbers

People: 15,580
Rank: 2,277th
How common: 1 in 19,200
Per 100,000: 5.2

Where the name comes from

Origin an occupational name

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Goldsmith described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 75.7%
Black, not Hispanic 16.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician
Jerry Goldsmith (1929–2004)American film composer
Zac Goldsmith (born 1975)British politician and journalist
Joel Goldsmith (1957–2012)American composer of film, television, and video game music
William Goldsmith (born 1972)American musician
James Goldsmith (1933–1997)French-British tycoon and politician
Jemima Goldsmith (born 1974)British screenwriter, television, film and documentary producer
Clio Goldsmith (born 1957)French actress

People named Goldsmith with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Goldsmith

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.