Hirko

surname · Latin script

Meaning: unexplained

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

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

Hirko is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 174K(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 473K
  • CZCzechia1 in 669K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

329 people, 2010

Sources
14 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 174K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

unexplained.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hirko 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 Hirko is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3291 in 1M329Hirko11
PL Poland811 in 473K44Hirko14
FI Finland321 in 174K32——
CZ Czechia161 in 669K16Hirko7
UA Ukraine———Hirko4
SK Slovakia———Hirko12

329 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); MVČR — living population register 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hirko is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Finnish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Hirkó

27 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)

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 Hirko,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 5 countries.

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

What does the name Hirko mean, and where does it come from?
unexplained. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Hirko?
A machine transcription gives /ˈhɝkoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Hirko have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 329 people named Hirko, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hirko.
Where is Hirko most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hirko is densest in Finland — about 1 in 174 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Hirko?
In the United States, the national register counted 329 people named Hirko in 2010, about 1 in 1.0 million 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, “Hirko”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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