Gogól

surname · Latin script

Gogól is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Го́голь (Hóholʹ). The surname is from Ukrainian го́голь (hóholʹ, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolь.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 49K(measured from records)
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 234K
  • CACanada≈1 in 322K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

783 people, 2026

Sources
51 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 49K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

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 Gogol in PL Poland, US United States, NG Nigeria and 1 more.

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)

Derivation of Gogól: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Gogól
  1. RussianГо́гольGógolʹ(measured from records)
  2. Ukrainianго́гольhóholʹ“common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”(measured from records)

From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Го́голь (Hóholʹ). The surname is from Ukrainian го́голь (hóholʹ, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolь. Compare Russian го́голь (gógolʹ), Belarusian го́галь (hóhalʹ), Old East Slavic гоголь (gogolĭ), Polish gogol.

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wiktionary
  • 2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gogól 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 Gogól is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland7831 in 49K403Gogol51
US United States3501 in 950K350Gogol36
NG Nigeria≈280 est.≈1 in 770K—Gogol6
CA Canada≈120 est.≈1 in 322K—Gogol5
AR Argentina861 in 529K86——
NO Norway141 in 391K14——
EE Estonia≈5 est.≈1 in 234K7—1

783 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. 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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). 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)

Gogól is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Poland

    Also written Gogol

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)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Gogól
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026101—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—101#29,686
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202696—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—96#30,514

Reference works 2

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 Gogól mean, and where does it come from?
From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Го́голь (Hóholʹ). The surname is from Ukrainian го́голь (hóholʹ, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolь. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
In which country does Gogól have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 783 people named Gogól, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gogol.
Where is Gogól most common?
Gogól is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 49 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Gogól?
In Poland, the national register counted 783 people named Gogól in 2026, about 1 in 49 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, “Gogól”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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