The Goldman surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,940 people carried this name — #1,495 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 24,086 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 517 people named Goldman live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
350 people named Goldman have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 603 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 115 people named Goldman.
57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 40 people named Goldman live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Goldman live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
101 people named Goldman is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Goldman in American newspapers,
1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 114,845 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Goldman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marcus Goldman 1821–1904 · businessperson -
Ben F. Goldman Jr. d. 1981 · lawyer
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Kenneth Jerome Goldman d. 2020 · computer scientist
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Stanisław Goldman d. 1942 · bookseller
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Dawid Goldman d. 1944
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Richard Goldman d. 1989
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Goldman.
- Gold 18,698 · U.S. census
- Goldberg 29,603 · U.S. census
- Goldenberg 3,561 · U.S. census
- Golder 1,897 · U.S. census
- Goldfarb 3,480 · U.S. census
- Goldin 1,393 · U.S. census
- Goldmann 452 · U.S. census
- Goldschmidt 1,680 · U.S. census
- Goldstein 29,938 · U.S. census
- Gole 292 · U.S. census
- Golebiewski 475 · U.S. census
- Golec 671 · U.S. census
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