Golle

surname · Latin script

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.9M(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 135K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 316K

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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈590 people, est.

Sources
88 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 135K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

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

Sources 1

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Golle 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 Golle is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈590 est.≈1 in 135K—Golle68
PH Philippines≈350 est.≈1 in 316K—Golle14
BR Brazil2681 in 790K268—2
FR France≈160 est.≈1 in 430K19—3
US United States1131 in 2.9M143Golle88
SI Slovenia61 in 350K6——
EE Estonia≈4 est.≈1 in 351Klisted——

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 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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)

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

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Philippines, Chile, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gölle, Gollè

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines

    Also written Gollé

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Philippines, United States

    Also written Gölle

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gollé

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Italy

    Also written Gollè

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia

    Also written Gölle

32 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Golle is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In ff, work, occupation, job, task

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Finnish, allative singular of go

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Albanian, cave, hole

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Norwegian Bokmål, to gloat

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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 Golle,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Golle
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—268#28,974
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020143#125,732
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000124#127,186
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010113#146,201
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191133—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192132—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195124—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190124—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194122—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199119—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196119—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197117—

Reference works 4

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

How do you pronounce Golle?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɑɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Golle have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 593 people named Golle in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled golle.
How common is the name Golle?
In Brazil, the national register counted 268 people named Golle, about 1 in 790 thousand residents.

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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, “Golle”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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