Goodstein

English

Etymology

Partial translation of German Gutstein, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

Proper noun

Goodstein (plural Goodsteins)

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Goodstein sequence
• Goodstein's theorem

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Goodstein is the 41038^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 531 individuals. Goodstein is most common among White (96.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goodstein”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65.