Goulding Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Goulding Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Goulding family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 477
Coal Miner 79
General Labourer 50
Domestic Servant 34
Agricultural Labourer 29
Labourer 28
Dress Maker 25
Cotton Weaver 23
General Servant Domestic 19
Living On Her Own Means 17
Cotton Spinner 17
Farm Labourer 15
Farmer 14
Living On Own Means 14
House Keeper 12
Bricklayer 11
Salt Boiler 10
Hawker 10
Farm Servant 9
General Domestic Servant 9
Clerk 9
Tailor 9
Laundress 8
Blacksmith 7
Errand Boy 7

Goulding Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Golding 88% 39,044
2 Goulding 100% 20,861
3 Gilding 75% 2,514
4 Glading 63% 1,102
5 Guilding 75% 554
6 Goolding 88% 231
7 Gelding 75% 173
8 Galding 75% 169
9 Gaulding 88% 159
10 Goalding 88% 117

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The surname Goulding is the 2nd most popular variant of Golding.

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