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    The surname Gola

    An Italian place surname, carried by 763 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G400

    Gola: #30,570 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gola #30,570, 763 people Gola: #30,570 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gola #30,570, 763 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gola is more common than 81.2% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    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”).

    Gola is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 763 people named Gola in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 404,647 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 705.

    #30,570
    rank among US surnames
    763
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #31,126)

    Who is named Gola

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    85% of people named Gola identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Golas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gola

    Gola has the Soundex code G400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G400.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gola come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Gola?
    763 people in the United States had the surname Gola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 404,647 Americans. It ranked 30,570th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gola?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Gola identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gola?
    Tom Gola, American basketball player and politician (1933-2014).
    Where is the surname Gola most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gola in the United States.
    What type of surname is Gola?
    Gola is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Gola getting more or less common?
    More common. 705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 763 in 2010, up 8.2%.