Houska
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Houska is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: metonymic occupational name for a baker, from houska ‘bread roll’ (literally ‘gosling’).
- USUnited States1 in 409K(measured from records)
- CZCzechia1 in 9.7K
- FIFinland≈1 in 77K
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
- 177 (measured from records)
- 1 in 9.7K (inferred from the name graph)
1,109 people
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
metonymic occupational name for a baker, from houska ‘bread roll’ (literally ‘gosling’).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Houska 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | 1,109 | 1 in 9.7K | 1.1K | — | 2 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 103K | — | Houska | 1 |
| US United States | 814 | 1 in 409K | 823 | Houska | 177 |
| DE Germany | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 627K | — | Houska | 35 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 529K | — | Houska | 30 |
| FI Finland | ≈72 est. | ≈1 in 77K | — | Houska | 1 |
| AT Austria | ≈57 est. | ≈1 in 157K | — | Houska | 20 |
| SK Slovakia | 31 | 1 in 176K | 31 | — | — |
1,109 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). 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)
Houska 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 Czech, roll
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)
- František Houskab. 1873CZCzech writer
- Jaroslav Houskab. 1936CZbadminton player
- John Houskab. 1956USAmerican soccer player
- Roman Houskab. 1962CZCzech entrepreneur and politician
- Miroslav Houskab. 1978GBchess player
- Jovanka Houskab. 1980GBEnglish chess player
- Jirka Houskab. 1985CZCzech painter
- David Houskab. 1993CZCzech footballer
- Boris Houskaresearcher
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 823 | #27,562 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 814 | #29,117 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 769 | #32,142 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 631 | #2,250 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 628 | #2,344 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Houska mean, and where does it come from?
- metonymic occupational name for a baker, from houska ‘bread roll’ (literally ‘gosling’). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Houska have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Houska, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Houska most common?
- Houska is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 9.7 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Houska?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 1,109 people named Houska, about 1 in 9.7 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, “Houska”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.