Kolník

surname · Latin script

Meaning: swede

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

rarermore common
  • SISlovenia1 in 81K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia≈1 in 147K
  • CZCzechia1 in 233K

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.

United States (measured from records)

155 people, 2010

Sources
12 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

1 in 81K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovenia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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)

swede

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kolník 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 Kolník is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1551 in 2.1M155—2
CZ Czechia461 in 233K46Kolník6
SK Slovakia≈37 est.≈1 in 147K—Kolník12
SI Slovenia261 in 81K26——
PL Poland21 in 19M2——

155 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; MVČR — living population register 2017; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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)

Kolník is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kolnik

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Kolnik

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Panama

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Kolnik

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Kolník
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—46#30,852

Reference works 2

  • 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 Kolník mean, and where does it come from?
swede Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Kolník have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 155 people named Kolník, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Kolník most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kolník is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 81 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Kolník?
In the United States, the national register counted 155 people named Kolník in 2010, about 1 in 2.1 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, “Kolník”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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