Horká

surname · Latin script

/ɦorkaː/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 4.5K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 99K
  • PLPoland1 in 270K

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)

2,388 people

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
39 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

HorkáLatin(measured from records)
ХоркаCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Horka in UA Ukraine, US United States, PL Poland and 2 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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Horká 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 Horká is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#6082,3881 in 4.5K2.4KHorká39
US United States—≈140 est.≈1 in 2.3M112Horka16
PL Poland—1421 in 270K80Horka16
SK Slovakia—551 in 99K55Horka21
GB United Kingdom—≈34 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Horka4
UA Ukraine—≈26 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Horka3
CH Switzerland—91 in 934K9——

2,388 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); 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)

Horká is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Hořká, Horka

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Horka

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Colombia

    Also written Horka, Hořká

  • Hindi name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Horka

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Horka

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Horka

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)

1920194019601980Magdalena Horká, b. 1923Hana Horká, b. 1964Eva Horká, b. 1967Ivona Kočárková, b. 1979

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalVážený pane / paní Horká,Dear Horká, (English)
InformalVážený pane / paní Horká,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Horká
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2.4K#461
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—2.4K#460
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—2.4K#461
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)199555—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20264—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—4#222,676

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

How do you pronounce Horká?
A machine transcription gives /ɦorkaː/ (IPA) for Czech.
In which country does Horká have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 2.4 thousand people named Horká, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled horká.
Where is Horká most common?
Horká is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.5 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Horká?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2,388 people named Horká, about 1 in 4.5 thousand residents.
How common is Horká compared with other names?
In Czechia, Horká is the 608th 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, “Horká” — the 608th most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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