Válko
surname · Latin script
Válko is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ukraine than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Russian or Ukrainian Валько (Valʹko). It could also be from Hungarian Valkó, a pet form of the personal name Valér.
- UAUkraine≈1 in 19Kas Валько(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 109Kas Валько
- SKSlovakia1 in 5.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Válko itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ukraine (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 110 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,300 named Валько, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Slovakia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Валько in UA Ukraine, RU Russia, BY Belarus and 1 more and Valko in SK Slovakia, US United States, CZ Czechia.
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)
- Russianor(measured from records)
- HungarianValkó(measured from records)
Borrowed from Russian or Ukrainian Валько (Valʹko). It could also be from Hungarian Valkó, a pet form of the personal name Valér.
Sources 1
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Válko 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA Ukraine | — | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Валько | 33 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 109K | — | Валько | 110 |
| SK Slovakia | #143 | 1,017 | 1 in 5.3K | 1K | Valko | 56 |
| US United States | — | 671 | 1 in 496K | 715 | Valko | 27 |
| BY Belarus | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Валько | 18 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 89K | — | Валько | 1 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 193 | 1 in 55K | 193 | Valko | 27 |
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: JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; MVČR — living population register 2017. 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 9 | #85,382 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Válko mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Russian or Ukrainian Валько (Valʹko). It could also be from Hungarian Valkó, a pet form of the personal name Valér. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Válko have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Валько in Ukraine, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Válko most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Válko is densest in Slovakia — about 1 in 5.3 thousand people — even though Ukraine holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Válko?
- In Slovakia, the national register counted 1,017 people named Válko in 1995, about 1 in 5.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Válko compared with other names?
- In Slovakia, Válko is the 143rd most common surname of 69,668 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/v%C3%A1lkoThe 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, “Válko” — the 143rd most common surname in Slovakia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.