Goldman

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from OE Goldmann, recorded on an Essex coin c1066; first attested Adam Goldeman 1297 SRY

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡowɫdmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Goldman is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 6.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 13K
  • USUnited States1 in 14K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

23,940 people, 2010

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
471 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Israel, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

GoldmanLatin(measured from records)
골드만Hangul(measured from records)
גאלדמאןHebrew(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from OE Goldmann, recorded on an Essex coin c1066; first attested Adam Goldeman 1297 SRY

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Where in the world(measured from records)

Goldman counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Goldman is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#98323,9401 in 14K24KGoldman471
PK Pakistan—≈13,000 est.≈1 in 17K—Goldman2
GB United Kingdom—≈4,200 est.≈1 in 16K—Goldman160
CA Canada—≈2,800 est.≈1 in 13K—Goldman157
MA Morocco—≈2,400 est.≈1 in 15K—Goldman9
IL Israel—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 6.5K—Goldman101
NZ New Zealand—≈470 est.≈1 in 10K—Goldman30

23,940 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Goldman is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Gold̕man, Gol'Dman

  • Hebrew surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Germany, United States, Poland

    Languages: Hebrew, German, English

    Also written גולדמן, Goldmann, גולדמאן, Gouldman

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Palestine, Morocco

    Also written Gôldman

  • Russian surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Israel

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Гольдман, Голдман, Гольдманн, Голдманн, Goldmann

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Goldman is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Golde.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In English, Emma, US anarchist

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • variant of Gold.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Marcus Goldman, b. 1821Emma Goldman, b. 1869James Goldman, b. 1927William Goldman, b. 1931Bo Goldman, b. 1932Dianne Feinstein, b. 1933Gary Goldman, b. 1944Jean-Jacques Goldman, b. 1951Gary Goldman, b. 1953Jane Goldman, b. 1970

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Goldman,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 34 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Goldman
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200024K#1,348
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201024K#1,495
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202023K#1,536
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 7

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Goldman mean, and where does it come from?
from OE Goldmann, recorded on an Essex coin c1066; first attested Adam Goldeman 1297 SRY Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
How do you pronounce Goldman?
A machine transcription gives /ɡowɫdmən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Goldman have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 24 thousand people named Goldman, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled goldman.
How common is the name Goldman?
In the United States, the national register counted 23,940 people named Goldman in 2010, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.
How common is Goldman compared with other names?
In the United States, Goldman is the 983rd most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Goldman” — the 983rd most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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