Galambos

surname · Latin script

Meaning: metonymic occupational name for a keeper of doves, from galamb ‘dove’, ‘pigeon’

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡɑˈɫɑmboʊz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Galambos is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 676K(measured from records)
  • HUHungary≈1 in 5.4K
  • BZBelize≈1 in 24K

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.

Hungary (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,800 people, est.

Sources
173 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Galamboš in RS Serbia.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

metonymic occupational name for a keeper of doves, from galamb ‘dove’, ‘pigeon’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Galambos 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 Galambos is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HU Hungary—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 5.4K—Galambos3
US United States—4921 in 676K497Galambos173
CA Canada—≈160 est.≈1 in 240K—Galambos47
DE Germany—≈140 est.≈1 in 577K—Galambos42
IN India—≈120 est.≈1 in 11M—Galambos1
RS Serbia—≈81 est.≈1 in 87K—Galamboš3
NO Norway—301 in 182K30—5
HR Croatia—261 in 163K27——
BZ Belize#865≈16 est.≈1 in 24K—Galambos1

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; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021). 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)

Galambos is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

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

    Also written Galamboš

  • Slovak surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Galamboš

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Galamboš

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Belgium, Canada

    Also written Galamboš

  • Croatian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Serbia

    Also written Galamboš

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Galamboš

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Galamboš

30 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)

190019502000József Galambos, b. 1900Andrew Joseph Galambos, b. 1924Eva Galambos, b. 1928Lajos Galambos, b. 1929Erzsi Galambos, b. 1931Tamás Galambos, b. 1939Janos Galambos, b. 1940Imre Galambos, b. 1967Péter Galambos, b. 1986Gábor Galambos, b. 1988

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)

FormalDear Galambos,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Galambos
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000497#41,320
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010492#43,811
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020474#48,145
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—30#35,535
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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 Galambos mean, and where does it come from?
metonymic occupational name for a keeper of doves, from galamb ‘dove’, ‘pigeon’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Galambos?
A machine transcription gives /ɡɑˈɫɑmboʊz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Galambos have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Galambos in Hungary, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled galambos.
How common is the name Galambos?
In the United States, the national register counted 492 people named Galambos in 2010, about 1 in 676 thousand residents.
How common is Galambos compared with other names?
In Belize, Galambos is the 865th most common surname of 11,408 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, “Galambos” — the 865th most common surname in Belize. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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