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

Goldtooth, 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 Goldtooth surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Goldtooth in America

Goldtooth is the 47006th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Goldtooth surname appeared 452 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 Goldtooth.

We can also compare 2010 data for Goldtooth 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 Goldtooth

The surname GOLDTOOTH originated in the German-speaking regions of central Europe, likely in the late medieval period around the 14th or 15th century. It is derived from the Old German words "gold" meaning gold and "toth" meaning tooth, referring to someone who may have had a golden tooth or a distinctive yellow-colored tooth.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name appears in the Augsburg tax records of 1487, where a "Hans Goldtoth" is listed as a resident. The name also appears in various church records and municipal documents from the 16th and 17th centuries in places like Nuremberg, Munich, and Frankfurt.

In the early 18th century, a notable bearer of the name was Johann Goldtooth (1685-1756), a renowned clockmaker from Freiburg im Breisgau, whose intricate timepieces were highly sought after by wealthy patrons across Europe. Another early bearer was Katharina Goldtooth (1720-1792), a respected midwife and herbalist from the village of Oberammergau in Bavaria.

As the name spread across German-speaking lands, variations in spelling emerged, such as Goldtoth, Goldtoth, and Goldtoth. Some bearers of the name anglicized the spelling to Goldtooth upon emigrating to English-speaking countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

One of the most notable individuals with the surname GOLDTOOTH was Wilhelm Goldtooth (1876-1944), a German-born artist who emigrated to the United States in the early 1900s and became known for his vibrant landscape paintings of the American West. Another prominent bearer was Elise Goldtooth (1892-1978), a German-American educator and activist who fought for women's rights and equal pay for teachers in New York City.

Other historical figures with the surname include Heinrich Goldtooth (1825-1901), a German-born architect who designed several prominent buildings in Chicago, and Maximilian Goldtooth (1848-1927), a German-born businessman who founded a successful textile manufacturing company in Manchester, England.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Goldtooth

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

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 Goldtooth 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 Goldtooth 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 Goldtooth was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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