Goldstein

Goldstein is the 1,228th most common surname in the United States, shared by 28,108 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 10,600.

By the numbers

People: 28,108
Rank: 1,228th
How common: 1 in 10,600
Per 100,000: 9.4

Where the name comes from

Origin German

One of the ornamental surnames chosen by German Jews, from German Gold (“gold”) + Stein (“stone”).

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 92.4%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.0%
Black, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.1%

Notable people called Goldstein

Joseph L. Goldstein (born 1940)American biochemist
Baruch Goldstein (1956–1994)American-Israeli doctor, perpetrator of the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
Eugen Goldstein (1850–1930)German physicist and the great science-history maker
Jenette Goldstein (born 1960)American actress and businesswoman
Vida Goldstein (1869–1949)Australian feminist politician
Brett Goldstein (born 1980)British actor and comedian
Rebecca Goldstein (born 1950)American novelist, short story writer, biographer, philosopher
Kurt Goldstein (1878–1965)German neurologist

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

Surnames like Goldstein

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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.