# Gola (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 763 |
| US rank (2010) | 30,570 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 404,647 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.2% (705 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Gola, a topographic surname from gola (“ravine”) or a variant of Cola. * Borrowed from Polish Gola, a topographic surname from gola (“heath, moor; place without of trees”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gola 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gola in the United States.

## People named Gola

- Tom Gola, American basketball player and politician (1933-2014)

## Similar surnames

Golla, Goel, Goll, Gula, Goley, Gohl, Gala, Goyal, Gill, Galloway, Gil, Gallo.

## 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.