Hůlka
surname · Latin script
Meaning: diminutive of hůl (“stick, pole”)
/ɦuːlka/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hůlka is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.
- CZCzechia1 in 15K(measured from records)
- PLPoland1 in 273K
- UAUkraine≈1 in 308K
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.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 33 (measured from records)
- 1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
718 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Hulka in UA Ukraine, US United States, PL Poland 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)
diminutive of hůl (“stick, pole”)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hůlka 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.
718 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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: MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Josef Antonín Hůlkab. 1851CZCzech catholic priest (1851-1920)
- Rudolf Hůlkab. 1887CZphotographer
- Jaroslav Hůlkab. 1899CZCzech poet and writer
- Jaroslav Hůlkab. 1951CZCzech soccer player
- Daniel Hůlkab. 1968CZCzech actor and opera singer
- Lukáš Hůlkab. 1995CZCzech association football player
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 728 | #1,943 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 718 | #2,029 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Hůlka mean, and where does it come from?
- diminutive of hůl (“stick, pole”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Hůlka?
- A machine transcription gives /ɦuːlka/ (IPA) for Czech.
- In which country does Hůlka have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 718 people named Hůlka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hůlka.
- Where is Hůlka most common?
- Hůlka is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 15 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Hůlka?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 718 people named Hůlka, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/h%C5%AFlkaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Hůlka”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.