Kolský

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country

Kolský is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: habitational name for someone from a place called Kolovec near Kdyne in Bohemia.

  • BEBelgium1 in 12M(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 19M
  • CZCzechia1 in 124K

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.

United States (measured from records)

297 people, 2010

Record sources
10 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: reference-verified

1 in 124K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

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 Kolsky in US United States.

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)

habitational name for someone from a place called Kolovec near Kdyne in Bohemia.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Kolský 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 Kolský is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2971 in 1.1M305Kolsky6
CZ Czechia861 in 124K86Kolský10
PL Poland21 in 19M2——
BE Belgium11 in 12M1——

297 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Kolský is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kolsky

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Argentina

    Languages: English, Spanish, German

    Also written Kolsky, Kölsky, Koelsky

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.

Evidence

(measured from records)

1 register or reference work attests this spelling, across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Kolský
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—86#19,084

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kolský mean, and where does it come from?
habitational name for someone from a place called Kolovec near Kdyne in Bohemia. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Kolský have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 297 people named Kolský, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kolsky.
Where is Kolský most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kolský is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 124 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Kolský?
In the United States, the national register counted 297 people named Kolský in 2010, about 1 in 1.1 million 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, “Kolský”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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