Explore the Family Name Goldizen

The meaning of Goldizen

Americanized form of German Goldeisen, a metonymic occupational name for a gold panner or goldsmith, from Middle High German gold ‘gold’ + īsen ‘iron’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Goldizen in the United States?

According to the Popularity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Goldizen has shown a significant increase in its popularity over the 10-year period between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 54,020 in terms of its prevalence, but by 2010, it had risen to the rank of 50,771, marking a 6.01 percent change. Furthermore, the actual count of people with the Goldizen surname increased from 358 in 2000 to 411 in 2010, which represents a 14.8 percent increase. The proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 also increased by 7.69 percent over this period, indicating growing popularity.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#54,020	#50,771	6.01%
Count	358	411	14.8%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.14	7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Goldizen

In terms of Ethnicity, based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of individuals with the Goldizen surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decrease in this percentage over the decade, from 94.97 percent to 94.16 percent. There were also small percentages who identified as having two or more races, which marginally decreased from 3.63 percent to 3.41 percent. Notably, there were no individuals with this surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2000, but by 2010, there were small percentages in the Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic categories.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.97%	94.16%	-0.85%
Two or More Races	3.63%	3.41%	-6.06%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.22%	0%
Hispanic	0%	1.22%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%