The Gola surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 763 people carried this name — #30,570 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 8% from 705 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gola surname
Either topographic surname from gola (“ravine”) or a variant of Cola.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gola» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
4,920 people named Gola have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,675 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 278 people named Gola live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 196 people named Gola.
62 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Gola live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Gola,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emilio Gola 1851–1923 · painter -
Giuseppe Gola 1877–1956 · botanist
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Giuseppe Gola 1877–1956 · botanist
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Valentino Gola 1898–1952 · association football player
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Valentino Gola 1898–1952 · association football player
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Benedetto Gola 1904–1988 · association football coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gola.
- Gogo 244 · U.S. census
- Gogue 318 · U.S. census
- Gohel 342 · U.S. census
- Goicoechea 383 · U.S. census
- Goin 2,629 · U.S. census
- Gois 190 · U.S. census
- Golab 464 · U.S. census
- Golay 749 · U.S. census
- Gold 18,698 · U.S. census
- Goldberg 29,603 · U.S. census
- Goldenberg 3,561 · U.S. census
- Golder 1,897 · U.S. census
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