Haluska
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Haluska is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Slovakia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from Czech and Slovak halusky ‘pasta pieces’.
- USUnited States1 in 446K(measured from records)
- SKSlovakia1 in 5.9K
- CZCzechia1 in 22K
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.
- Slovakia (measured from records)
- Sources
- 189 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.9K (inferred from the name graph)
929 people, 1995
Highest-authority source
Slovakia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Czech and Slovak halusky ‘pasta pieces’. The application as a surname is unclear; it may in fact have been a nickname for someone with a prominent mole.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Haluska 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK Slovakia | 929 | 1 in 5.9K | 929 | — | 1 |
| US United States | 745 | 1 in 446K | 745 | Haluska | 189 |
| CZ Czechia | 494 | 1 in 22K | 494 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈89 est. | ≈1 in 740K | — | Haluska | 23 |
| CA Canada | ≈88 est. | ≈1 in 429K | — | Haluska | 19 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈56 est. | ≈1 in 310K | — | Haluska | 2 |
| HR Croatia | 43 | 1 in 98K | 43 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 234K | listed | — | — |
929 people counted by JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census), 1995. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); MVČR — living population register 2017; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); the ee-siseministeerium-registry 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Edward Haluskab. 1916USAmerican politician (1916-2002)
- Jim Haluskab. 1932USAmerican football player (1932-2012)
- Gary Haluskab. 1950USAmerican politician
- Adam Haluskab. 1983USAmerican basketball player (born 1983)
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 13 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- Where does the name Haluska come from?
- from Czech and Slovak halusky ‘pasta pieces’. The application as a surname is unclear; it may in fact have been a nickname for someone with a prominent mole. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What does the name Haluska mean?
- Recorded meaning: from Czech and Slovak halusky ‘pasta pieces’.
- In which country does Haluska have the most bearers?
- In Slovakia, the national register counted about 929 people named Haluska, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Haluska most common?
- Haluska is densest in Slovakia, where the national register counts about 1 in 5.9 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Haluska?
- In Slovakia, the national register counted 929 people named Haluska in 1995, about 1 in 5.9 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/haluskaThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Haluska”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.