The Gulden surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 972 people carried this name — #25,445 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is down 7% from 1,042 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 68 people named Gulden 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Gulden.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Gulden live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Gulden 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 Liège.
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Gulden is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Gulden,
with a public archive behind them.
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Zeeger Gulden 1875–1960 · architect -
Paul Gulden 1530–1593 · mintmaster
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Johanna Rosina Winckler 1671–1725 · wife
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Florian Gulden 1700–1800
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Heinrich Gulden 1730–1793 · theologian
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Amund Larsen Gulden 1823–1901 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gulden.
- Guisti 292 · U.S. census
- Guitard 278 · U.S. census
- Guiter 106 · U.S. census
- Guiton 365 · U.S. census
- Guittard 107 · U.S. census
- Gul 921 · U.S. census
- Guldner 262 · U.S. census
- Guler 444 · U.S. census
- Gulino 1,311 · U.S. census
- Gulli 415 · U.S. census
- Gullo 2,280 · U.S. census
- Gully 2,107 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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