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The Golab surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 464 people carried this name — #45,959 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 440 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Golab surname

From Polish Gołąb.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Golab» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

7,716 people named Golab have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 8,369 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 Lesser Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 1,853
Subcarpathian 940
Silesian 909
Masovian 848
Lower Silesian 551
Łódź 438
Lublin 422
Greater Poland 308

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Golab.

22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 22
Pas-de-Calais 7
Aisne 4
Moselle 3
Haute-Vienne 3
Aube 3
Nord 3
Paris 2
Oise 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

36 people named Golab is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 36

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Golab,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elsa Golab 1892–
  • Isaak Golab 1899–
  • Tony Golab 1919–2016 · athlete
  • Vladimír Golab 1951– · politician
  • Amir-Abbas Golab 1986– · singer

Wikidata (CC0).

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Surnames next to Golab.

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