Górka

surname · Latin script

Meaning: diminutive of góra; hillock

/ɡurka/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Górka is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ESSpain1 in 3.7K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 117K
  • DKDenmark1 in 734K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

13,391 people

Sources
189 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gorka in ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

diminutive of góra; hillock

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Górka counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Górka is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain13,3911 in 3.7K13KGorka76
HR Croatia361 in 117K36——
PL Poland101 in 3.8M6.6K—3
DK Denmark81 in 734K11——
CR Costa Rica21 in 2.5M2——
LV Latvia11 in 1.9M1——

13,391 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Górka is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Górká, Gorka

  • Spanish given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Venezuela, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

    Also written Gorka, Girka, Gorká, Gorkà

  • Thai given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Spain, Thailand

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written Gorka, กอร์กา

  • Czech given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, Spain

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Gorka

18 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Uriel Górka, b. 1435Stanisław Górka, b. 1538Olgierd Górka, b. 1887Wiktor Górka, b. 1922Hanna Górka, b. 1931Stanisław Górka, b. 1954Magdalena Górka, b. 1977

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSzanowni Państwo,Dear Górka, (English)
InformalSzanowni Państwo,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Górka
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20266.6K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—6.6K#266
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20266.3K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—6.3K#287

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Górka mean, and where does it come from?
diminutive of góra; hillock Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Górka?
A machine transcription gives /ɡurka/ (IPA) for Polish.
In which country does Górka have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Górka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gorka.
Where is Górka most common?
Górka is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Górka?
In Spain, the national register counted 13,391 people named Górka, about 1 in 3.7 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Górka”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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