What We Know About the Goldenberg Surname

People named Goldenberg carry a German surname with a long history. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “one who came from Goldenberg (gold mountain), in Germany”.

• That makes it a habitational name, first given to someone from that place.
• The 2010 US Census counted 3,561 people named Goldenberg, ranking it number 9,165 among American surnames. It sits among the 10,000 most common last names in the country. French birth records list 367 children named Goldenberg between 1891 and 2000.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Goldenberg family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them. Want more than a summary? See the Goldenberg family name pack.