Goldschmidt is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 11 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Goldschmidt
No. of characters: 11
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Name German or Alsatian family designates a goldsmith. Varientes: Goldschmid Goldschmit, Goldschmidt.

How popular is Goldschmidt?

Goldschmidt is common in South Africa.

Goldschmidt is ranked 34148 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Goldschmidt bearers increased by 2.065614 per cent in 2010 US census to 1680 since 2000, the surname slipped by 786 spots and ranked at 16933. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.12 97.21
Hispanic or Latino 2.86 1.52
Others 1.07 0.73
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0
Goldschmidt is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 14582 people have been found who wears Goldschmidt as their family name. Goldschmidt is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
381,097 Ukraine4
23,165 Romania3
15,999 Slovakia2
21,529 Singapore2
3,871 Paraguay2
723,167 Indonesia2
1,704,541 India1
15,162 Costa Rica1
47,891 Norway1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
7,941 Guatemala1
5,553 Taiwan1
31,207 Ireland1
29,774 Venezuela1
19,810 Croatia1
13,606 Senegal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,082 Spain45
1,985 Luxembourg33
17,920 New Zealand28
18,457 Scotland20
60,256 Czech Republic15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
9,768 Sweden94
26,972 Australia87
10,596 Colombia87
5,540 Portugal83
7,779 Uruguay61
53,461 Canada57
Countries with hundreds of Goldschmidt:
1,221 Israel907
11,013 France833
6,975 Argentina762
1,958 Denmark290
4,065 Austria288
4,533 Chile225
6,128 Hungary196
25,613 England188
19,113 Netherlands142
12,863 Belgium141
59,335 Italy112
Countries with thousands of Goldschmidt:
1,651 Germany4,707
14,684 United States2,305
8,299 Brazil1,669
6,027 South Africa1,078
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old tailoress L. Goldschmidt who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on February 5, 1849 by Arrick put out from London.

Comments

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Natalia Pollak
 Goldschmidt is a nickname the origin of this name is German etymology comes from gold schmidt: the goldsmith.

Goldschmidt Namesakes

  • Adalbert von Goldschmidt, Composer
  • Adolph Goldschmidt, Art critic
  • Alfons Goldschmidt, Journalist
  • Meïr Aron Goldschmidt, Journalist
  • Asaf Moshe Goldschmidt, Author
  • Berthold Goldschmidt, Composer
  • John Goldschmidt, Film director
  • Hermann Goldschmidt, Astronomer
  • Hermann Goldschmidt, Astronomer
  • Hermann Goldschmidt, Astronomer
  • In 2014, Guillermo Goldschmidt portrayed the role of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia in drama, history film El escarabajo de oro.

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