Golomb Surname

217,130th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,889 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Golomb Surname Definition:

(from the name of a male ancestor) Golomb is the Polish for Yonah (Jonah), “dove.”

Golomb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9541:379,93633,574
Israel3971:21,5563,201
Germany2751:292,74730,288
Poland431:883,92467,072
Papua New Guinea371:220,37130,351
Czechia301:354,44942,602
Argentina281:1,526,55084,030
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Russia231:6,266,220254,708
Estonia191:69,56912,771
France101:6,642,272293,169
England91:6,190,895170,599
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Finland71:785,24338,644
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Golomb (24) may also be a first name.

Golomb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from the name of a male ancestor) Golomb is the Polish for Yonah (Jonah), “dove.”

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Golomb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Golomb Come From? nationality or country of origin

Golomb (Russian: Голомб) is found most in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Golomb? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 217,130th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,857,886 people. The surname Golomb is primarily found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Golomb live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,187,323rd most common first name in the world, borne by 24 people.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 954 people, or 1 in 379,936. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 16 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 15 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Aside from The United States Golomb is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 21 percent reside and Germany, where 15 percent reside.

Golomb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Golomb last name are 8.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.47% being registered with the party.

The amount Golomb earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 25.2% more than the national average, earning $54,021 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.32% more than the national average, earning $49,840 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gollomb921/
Golombs921/
Holomb83212/
Golemb8362/
Golamb8349/
Golumb8347/
Gulomb8330/
Galomb8324/
Golomp839/
Golombová8030/
Golombova805/
Gollomp7733/
Hollomb775/
Olamb7393/
Alomb7377/
Olossimb712/
Godtlamb711/
Galamb671,030/
Holamb6760/
Galemb677/
Gulamb673/
O'Lamb672/
Gulumb671/
Golamf671/
Gelemb671/
Golumbova671/
Holombová671/

Golomb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Golomb in the Russian language
Голомбgolomb-

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