Golding Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Golding Name Meaning: A patronymic form from 'Golda','gold',occupational for someone who worked in gold.

This would normally indicate a jeweler or gilder.Possibly a nickname for someone who held many gold possessions or had bright yellow hair.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Golding Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Golding family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 907
General Labourer 93
Agricultural Labourer 92
Domestic Servant 59
Coal Miner 48
Farm Labourer 45
Dress Maker 42
Living On Own Means 38
General Servant Domestic 37
General Servant 33
Labourer 33
Laundress 31
Shoe Maker 25
Gardener 24
Tailor 24
Farmer 22
Living On Her Own Means 21
Boot Maker 20
Charwoman 19
General Domestic Servant 19
Clerk 18
Cook Domestic Servant 18
Carpenter 18
House Keeper 16
Groom 15

Golding Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Golding 100% 39,044
2 Goulding 88% 20,861
3 Gilding 86% 2,514
4 Glading 71% 1,102
5 Guilding 75% 554
6 Goolding 88% 231
7 Gelding 86% 173
8 Galding 86% 169
9 Gaulding 75% 159
10 Goalding 88% 117

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The surname Golding is the most popular version of all its varients

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