Golomb
surname · Latin script
Meaning: ornamental name from Polish gol^b ‘dove’ (Latin columba)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɡɑɫəm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Golomb is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 596K(measured from records)
- ILIsrael1 in 22Kas גולומב
- PKPakistan≈1 in 182K
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 Golomb 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.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 204 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 182K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,300 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled גולומב in IL Israel, LV Latvia, DE Germany.
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)
ornamental name from Polish gol^b ‘dove’ (Latin columba).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Golomb 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 182K | — | Golomb | 1 |
| US United States | 558 | 1 in 596K | 558 | Golomb | 204 |
| IL Israel | 388as גולומב | 1 in 22K | 388 | גולומב | 39 |
| DE Germany | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 268K | — | גולומב | 3 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 468K | — | Golomb | 28 |
| LV Latvia | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 79K | — | גולומב | 3 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 241K | — | Golomb | 1 |
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"). 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)
Golomb is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Polish, variant of Gotpb (see Golab).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
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)
- Hirsch Nissan Golombb. 1853LTHebrew writer, musicologist, and teacher
- Abraham Golombb. 1888MXeducator
- Solomon Golombb. 1932USAmerican mathematician (1932–2016)
- David Golombb. 1933ILIsraeli politician
- Jacob Golombb. 1947ILphilosopher
- Samuel Golombb. 1957EEEstonian journalist (born 1957)
- Tomer Golombb. 1998ILIsraeli Polish judoka and sambo fighter
- Gershon GolombILresearcher
- David GolombILresearcher
- Beatrice GolombUSphysician and scientist
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 17 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 558 | #39,419 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 542 | #38,395 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 522 | #44,341 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- 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
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 Golomb mean, and where does it come from?
- ornamental name from Polish gol^b ‘dove’ (Latin columba). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Golomb?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɑɫəm/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Golomb have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Golomb in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled golomb.
- How common is the name Golomb?
- In the United States, the national register counted 558 people named Golomb in 2010, about 1 in 596 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/golombThe 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, “Golomb”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.