Gargulak

Name: Gargulak: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-10

surname · Latin script

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

rarermore common

CZCzechia1 in 39K(measured from records)
SKSlovakia1 in 91K
USUnited States≈1 in 4.9M

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.

: Czechia (measured from records)
Sources: 14 (measured from records)
: 1 in 39K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Gargulák

Locally spelled Gargulák in CZ Czechia, SK Slovakia.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gargulak 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 Gargulak is recorded, by country
Country				Most common spelling	Sources
CZ Czechia	272	1 in 39K	274	Gargulák	14
US United States	≈68 est.	≈1 in 4.9M	listed	—	1
SK Slovakia	60	1 in 91K	60	Gargulák	6
BE Belgium	1	1 in 12M	1	—	—

272 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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: MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. 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)

Gargulak is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

English surname5 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria
Languages: English, German
Also written Gargulák
a separate name2 spellings in the group
Also written Gargulák
Spanish surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States
Also written Gargulák
a separate name3 spellings in the group
Also written Gargulák

13 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Gargulak
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
BE Belgium	Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)	2008	1	#173,988
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)	—	—	—

Reference works 1

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

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Gargulak have the most bearers?: In Czechia, the national register counted about 272 people named Gargulak, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gargulák.
Where is Gargulak most common?: Gargulak is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 39 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Gargulak?: In Czechia, the national register counted 272 people named Gargulak, about 1 in 39 thousand residents.

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Query this name via API

curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gargulak

The same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-10 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, “Gargulak”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)