Gajdoš

org · Latin script

Meaning: bagpiper

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Gajdoš is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Slovakia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SKSlovakia1 in 1.2K(measured from records)
  • CZCzechia1 in 8.1K
  • HUHungary≈1 in 17K

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)

4,536 people, 1995

Sources
74 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovakia

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 Gajdos in CZ Czechia, HU Hungary, US United States and 2 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)

bagpiper

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gajdoš 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 Gajdoš is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SK Slovakia#4204,5361 in 1.2K4.5KGajdoš63
CZ Czechia—1,3201 in 8.1K1.3KGajdos45
HU Hungary#889≈560 est.≈1 in 17K—Gajdos74
US United States—2951 in 1.1M295Gajdos64
FR France—≈110 est.≈1 in 602K11—1
RS Serbia—≈92 est.≈1 in 76K—Gajdos9
CH Switzerland—641 in 131K64Gajdos6

4,536 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: JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gajdoš is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Serbia

    Also written Gajdos

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gajdos

  • English surname3 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Gajdos

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gajdos

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada

    Also written Gajdos

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Гајдош

15 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1900195020002050Jan Gajdoš, b. 1903Rudolf Gajdoš, b. 1908Drahomira Gajdosova, b. 1921Pavel Gajdoš, b. 1936Peter Gajdoš, b. 1959Roman Gajdoš, b. 1980Roman Gajdoš, b. 1983Štěpán Gajdoš, b. 1997František Gajdoš, b. 2001Artur Gajdoš, b. 2004

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 11 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Gajdoš
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)19954.5K—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—1.3K#983
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—1.3K#951
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—1.3K#977

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 Gajdoš mean, and where does it come from?
bagpiper Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Gajdoš have the most bearers?
In Slovakia, the national register counted about 4.5 thousand people named Gajdoš, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gajdoš.
Where is Gajdoš most common?
Gajdoš is densest in Slovakia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.2 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Gajdoš?
In Slovakia, the national register counted 4,536 people named Gajdoš in 1995, about 1 in 1.2 thousand residents.
How common is Gajdoš compared with other names?
In Slovakia, Gajdoš is the 420th most common surname of 69,668 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Gajdoš” — the 420th most common surname in Slovakia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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