Find out how popular the last name Goldring is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Goldring.

Goldring, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Goldring surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Goldring in America

Goldring is the 25459th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Goldring surname appeared 971 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Goldring.

We can also compare 2010 data for Goldring to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Goldring

The surname Goldring is believed to have originated in Germany and Austria during the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Old German words "golde" meaning gold and "ring" meaning a ring or circle, suggesting an occupation or trade connection with goldsmiths or metal workers.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Goldring can be found in the 13th century Salzburg Codex, an Austrian manuscript containing legal documents and records. Here, a Konrad Goldring is listed as a resident of the city in 1279.

As the name spread across central Europe, variations in spelling emerged such as Goldringer, Golderinck, and Goldering. These adaptations likely reflected regional dialects and preferences in pronunciation and transcription.

In England, the surname first appeared in the late 14th century, carried by German immigrants and craftsmen. The Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire from 1327 list a Thomas Goldryng among the taxpayers.

Notable individuals with the Goldring surname include Götz Goldring (1545-1611), a German jurist and legal scholar who served as a Chancellor in Saxony. Johann Goldring (1625-1693) was a Baroque painter and etcher active in Nuremberg.

Moving forward in time, Friedrich August Gottreu Goldring (1776-1852) was a German historian and philologist who published works on ancient German poetry and mythology. His contemporary, Theodor Goldring (1803-1876), achieved fame as a landscape painter in the Romantic style.

In more recent centuries, Max Goldring (1875-1949) was an Austrian architect who designed several prominent buildings in Vienna in the early 20th century Art Nouveau and Secessionist movements.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Goldring

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Goldring.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Goldring was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Goldring has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Goldring was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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