Horňak

surname · Latin script

Horňak is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Slovakia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Czech and Slovak Horňák or Hornák.

rarermore common
  • SKSlovakia1 in 2.5K(measured from records)
  • CZCzechia1 in 11K
  • USUnited States1 in 399K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Slovakia (measured from records)

2,217 people, 1995

Sources
60 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovakia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Horňák in SK Slovakia, CZ Czechia and Hornak in US United States, PL Poland.

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)

From Czech and Slovak Horňák or Hornák.

Sources 2

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Horňak 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 Horňak is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SK Slovakia#2102,2171 in 2.5K2.2KHorňák60
CZ Czechia—1,0151 in 11K1KHorňák43
US United States—8341 in 399K871Hornak16
PL Poland—151 in 2.6M8Hornak2
CH Switzerland—81 in 1.1M8—1

2,217 people counted by JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census), 1995. 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: JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Horňak is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname24 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, Spanish, German

    Also written Hornak, Hornák, Hornäk, Horňák, Hornaek

1 further group 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Horňak
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—39#35,057

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Horňak mean, and where does it come from?
From Czech and Slovak Horňák or Hornák. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
In which country does Horňak have the most bearers?
In Slovakia, the national register counted about 2.2 thousand people named Horňak, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled horňák.
Where is Horňak most common?
Horňak is densest in Slovakia, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.5 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Horňak?
In Slovakia, the national register counted 2,217 people named Horňak in 1995, about 1 in 2.5 thousand residents.
How common is Horňak compared with other names?
In Slovakia, Horňak is the 210th most common surname of 69,668 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, “Horňak” — the 210th most common surname in Slovakia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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