Pollák

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Pollák is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): London. see Polak .

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 36K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 85K
  • SKSlovakia1 in 3.9K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,400 people, est.

Sources
299 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovakia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pollak in US United States, DE Germany, SK Slovakia and 3 more.

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)

Main GB Location (1881): London. see Polak .

Sources 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pollák 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 Pollák is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈7,400 est.≈1 in 187K—Pollak4
US United States—3,9081 in 85K3.9KPollak299
DE Germany—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 36K—Pollak105
SK Slovakia—1,3831 in 3.9K1.4KPollak44
AT Austria#646≈880 est.≈1 in 10K—Pollak71
CZ Czechia—3371 in 32K337Pollak38
SI Slovenia—561 in 38K56—5

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; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); MVČR — living population register 2017; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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)

Pollák is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Pollâk, Pollak, Pollaḳ

  • Croatian surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Netherlands, Slovenia

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian

    Also written Polak, Pollak, Полак, Polák, Polâk

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Israel, United Kingdom

    Also written Pollak

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

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

    Also written Pollak

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: Hindi, Sinhala, Urdu

    Also written Pollak

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Pollak

6 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)

18001850190019502000Zsigmond Pollák, b. 1837Illés Pollák, b. 1852Miksa Pollák, b. 1868Rose Pauly, b. 1894Jenő Pártos, b. 1895Erzsi Pártos, b. 1907György Pollák, b. 1929Peter Pollák, b. 1973Zoltán Pollák, b. 1984

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)

FormalVážený pane / paní Pollák,Dear Pollák, (English)
InformalVážený pane / paní Pollák,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Pollák
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)19951.4K—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—337#4,836

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 Pollák mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): London. see Polak . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History.
How do you pronounce Pollák?
A machine transcription gives /pˈollaːk/ (IPA) for Slovak.
In which country does Pollák have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.4 thousand people named Pollák in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pollak.
Where is Pollák most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Pollák is densest in Slovakia — about 1 in 3.9 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Pollák?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,908 people named Pollák in 2010, about 1 in 85 thousand residents.
How common is Pollák compared with other names?
In Austria, Pollák is the 646th most common surname of 127,275 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Pollák” — the 646th most common surname in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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