Kácer

surname · Latin script

Kácer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Czech Kačer, from kačer (“drake”), or from Slovak Káčer, from káčer (“drake”).

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 334K(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 391K
  • USUnited States1 in 1.2M

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.

United States (measured from records)

282 people, 2010

Sources
11 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

1 in 334K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kacer in ID Indonesia.

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)

Derivation of Kácer: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Kácer
  1. CzechKačer(measured from records)
  2. Czech rootkačer“drake”(measured from records)
  3. SlovakKáčer(measured from records)
  4. Slovak rootkáčer“drake”(measured from records)

From Czech Kačer, from kačer (“drake”), or from Slovak Káčer, from káčer (“drake”).

Sources 2

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kácer 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 Kácer is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2821 in 1.2M367—3
PL Poland981 in 391K50——
CZ Czechia321 in 334K32——
CH Switzerland31 in 2.8M3——
ID Indonesia———Kacer11

282 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017; 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Kácer
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20243#154,370

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kácer mean, and where does it come from?
From Czech Kačer, from kačer (“drake”), or from Slovak Káčer, from káčer (“drake”). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
In which country does Kácer have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 282 people named Kácer, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Kácer most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kácer is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 334 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Kácer?
In the United States, the national register counted 282 people named Kácer in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.

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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, “Kácer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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