Charvát

surname · Latin script

Meaning: a male surname originating as an ethnonym

Charvát is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 3.6K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 45K
  • USUnited States1 in 438K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

2,933 people

Sources
90 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Charvat in US United States, FR France, GB United Kingdom and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a male surname originating as an ethnonym

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Charvát counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Charvát is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#3602,9331 in 3.6K2.9KCharvát68
US United States—7601 in 438K778Charvat90
SK Slovakia—1211 in 45K121Charvát14
FR France—≈120 est.≈1 in 568K8Charvat76
GB United Kingdom—≈100 est.≈1 in 641K—Charvat10
CA Canada—≈68 est.≈1 in 553K—Charvat5

2,933 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Charvát is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Charvàt, Charvat, Charvãt

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Charvat

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Charvat

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland

    Also written Charvat

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Charvat

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Charvat

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Türkiye

    Also written Charvat

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Saudi Arabia, United States

    Also written Charvat

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Jožka Charvát, b. 1884Vincenc Charvát, b. 1889Ivan Charvát, b. 1892Josef Charvát, b. 1897Antonín Charvát, b. 1899Jaroslav Charvát, b. 1904Josef Charvát, b. 1915Přemysl Charvát, b. 1930Petr Charvát, b. 1949Martin Charvát, b. 1973

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Charvát
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—2.9K#354
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—2.9K#354
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2.9K#355
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)1995121—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Charvát mean, and where does it come from?
a male surname originating as an ethnonym Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Charvát have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 2.9 thousand people named Charvát, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled charvát.
Where is Charvát most common?
Charvát is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.6 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Charvát?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2,933 people named Charvát, about 1 in 3.6 thousand residents.
How common is Charvát compared with other names?
In Czechia, Charvát is the 360th most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Charvát” — the 360th most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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