Golob
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Slovenian golob ‘dove’, hence a nickname for a mildmannered or peace-loving person or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a dove handler or breeder
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɡoʊɫəb/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Golob is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Slovenia than in any other country.
- ILIsrael1 in 13Kas גולוב(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 141Kas Golub
- SISlovenia1 in 578
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Golob itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Slovenia (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 195 (measured from records)
- 1 in 578 (inferred from the name graph)
3,640 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Slovenia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled גולוב in IL Israel, LV Latvia, UZ Uzbekistan.
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)
from Slovenian golob ‘dove’, hence a nickname for a mildmannered or peace-loving person or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a dove handler or breeder. This is also found as a German and Jewish name.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Golob 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI Slovenia | #355 | 3,640 | 1 in 578 | 3.6K | Golob | 26 |
| US United States | — | 2,364as Golub | 1 in 141K | 2.4K | Golob | 195 |
| HR Croatia | — | 1,911as Golub | 1 in 2.2K | 1.9K | — | — |
| UZ Uzbekistan | — | ≈700 est. | ≈1 in 43K | — | גולוב | 2 |
| IL Israel | — | 661as גולוב | 1 in 13K | 661 | גולוב | 32 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Golob | 36 |
| LV Latvia | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | גולוב | 3 |
3,640 people counted by stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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; CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Golob is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In vo, first-person singular present active indicative of golön
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Slovenian, pigeon
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)
- Berta Golobb. 1932SIwriter and poet
- Jani Golobb. 1948SISlovenian musician
- Milan Golobb. 1963SISlovenian painter.
- Robert Golobb. 1967SISlovenian businessman and politician (born 1967)
- Tadej Golobb. 1967SISlovene writer and mountain climber
- Rok Golobb. 1975SISlovenian musician
- Miha Golobb. 1980SISlovenian footballer
- Natalija Golobb. 1986SISlovenian footballer
- Mariša Golobb. 1990SIPowerlifter
- Saša Golobb. 1991SISlovene gymnast
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 26 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 3.6K | #11 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 689 | #35,228 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 679 | #32,059 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 662 | #34,272 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 82 | #9,266 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 75 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
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 Golob mean, and where does it come from?
- from Slovenian golob ‘dove’, hence a nickname for a mildmannered or peace-loving person or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a dove handler or breeder. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Golob?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡoʊɫəb/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Golob have the most bearers?
- In Slovenia, the national register counted about 3.6 thousand people named Golob, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled golob.
- Where is Golob most common?
- Golob is densest in Slovenia, where the national register counts about 1 in 578 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Golob?
- In Slovenia, the national register counted 3,640 people named Golob, about 1 in 578 residents.
- How common is Golob compared with other names?
- In Slovenia, Golob is the 355th most common surname of 13,062 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/golobThe 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, “Golob” — the 355th most common surname in Slovenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.