Kubu
loc · Latin script
Meaning: corral, stockade
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Kubu is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 777K(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 2.5M
- CZCzechia1 in 9.3K
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
- 83 (measured from records)
- 1 in 9.3K (inferred from the name graph)
1,151 people
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kubů in CZ Czechia.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
corral, stockade
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kubu 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 | 1,151 | 1 in 9.3K | 1.2K | Kubů | 30 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 2 | — | 1 |
| US United States | 112 | 1 in 3M | 112 | — | 83 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | — | Kubu | 18 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈42 est. | ≈1 in 777K | — | Kubu | 11 |
| FI Finland | 37 | 1 in 151K | 37 | — | — |
| SK Slovakia | 11 | 1 in 495K | 11 | — | 8 |
| EE Estonia | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 351K | 18 | — | 2 |
1,151 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: MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022). 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)
Kubu is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Malay, fort
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In poz-pro, field hut in the rice fields
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In zlm, stockade; semi-permanent fortification, of wooden defenses strengthened with earthwork (masonry forts are _kota_); small hut or shelter
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In ban, free-standing hut, almost always the hut built on his rice fields by the owner
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In vep, crop, craw (part of birds' digestive tract)
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)
- Mert Kubub. 1933SESwedish journalist of Estonian origin (1933-2020)
- Epp Kubub. 1982EEEstonian artist (born 1982)
- Kubu KurinJPJapanese mangaka
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 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 112 | #147,253 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 110 | #149,446 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 108 | #141,788 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 37 | #29,463 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 18 | #6,150 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 12 | #9,351 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022) | — | 2 | #34 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- 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 Kubu mean, and where does it come from?
- corral, stockade Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Kubu have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Kubu, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kubů.
- Where is Kubu most common?
- Kubu is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 9.3 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Kubu?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 1,151 people named Kubu, about 1 in 9.3 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kubuThe 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, “Kubu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.