# Gogol (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gogol/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Russian and Ukrainian surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Ukrainian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 350 |
| US rank (2010) | 58,042 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 882,130 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.0% (327 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Го́голь (Hóholʹ). The surname is from Ukrainian го́голь (hóholʹ, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolь. Compare Russian го́голь (gógolʹ), Belarusian го́галь (hóhalʹ), Old East Slavic гоголь (gogolĭ), Polish gogol.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gogol in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Gaskill, Giglio, Gaxiola, Gaskell, Geisel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.