Wołk
surname · Latin script
/vɔwk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wołk is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Poland. Recorded meaning: From Kashubian wôłk, Belarusian воўк (voŭk), or Ukrainian вовк (vovk), all from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ (“wolf”). Alternatively, from Lower Sorbian wołk (“small ox”).
- PLPoland
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Kashubianwôłk(measured from records)
- Proto-Slavic*vьlkъ“wolf”(measured from records)
- Lower Sorbianwołk“small ox”(measured from records)
From Kashubian wôłk, Belarusian воўк (voŭk), or Ukrainian вовк (vovk), all from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ (“wolf”). Alternatively, from Lower Sorbian wołk (“small ox”).
Sources 1
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- PLPoland
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
- Romuald Wołkb. 1920PLPolish engineer
- Elżbieta Wołkb. 1938PLPolish biologist
- Nikodem Wołk-Łaniewskib. 1944PLPolish film director
- Zdzisław Wołkb. 1952PLPolish pedagogue
- Grzegorz Wołkb. 1983PLPolish historian
- Krzysztof Wołkb. 1986PLPolish computer scientist
- Robert WołkPLPolish cardiologist
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 6 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 530 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 530 | #6,008 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 529 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 529 | #6,186 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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 Wołk mean, and where does it come from?
- From Kashubian wôłk, Belarusian воўк (voŭk), or Ukrainian вовк (vovk), all from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ (“wolf”). Alternatively, from Lower Sorbian wołk (“small ox”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Wołk?
- A machine transcription gives /vɔwk/ (IPA) for Polish.
- In which country does Wołk have the most bearers?
- Wołk is most frequently recorded in Poland.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wo%C5%82kThe 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, “Wołk”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.