Kameník

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.

• Czech:/ˈkamɛɲiːk/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Slovak:/ˈkameɲiːk/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Kameník is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Czech90%

  stonemason

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Slovak9.6%

  a male surname originating as an occupation

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Kameník is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Kamenik

• German surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Austria, Slovenia

  Languages: German, English, Dutch

  Also written Kamenik

• Slovenian surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, Croatia, United States

  Languages: Slovenian, Croatian

  Also written Kamenik, Каменик

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Kamenik

• Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Slovenia, United States

  Also written Kamenik

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.

• Karel Kameníkb. 1959CZphotographer
• Stanislav Kameníkb. 1968CZCzech basketball player (born 1968)
• Jan Kameníkb. 1982CZCzech football manager

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).

5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.

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

Where does the name Kameník come from?

a male surname originating as an occupation Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Kameník?

It depends on the language: in Czech /ˈkamɛɲiːk/ (Wiktionary); in Slovak /ˈkameɲiːk/ (Wiktionary).

What does the name Kameník mean?

In Czech, stonemason

Which countries have the most people with the surname Kameník?

In Czechia, the national register counted about 779 people named Kameník, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kameník. After it come Slovenia, Estonia, Slovakia and Belgium; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Kameník most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kameník is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 8.4 thousand people — even though Czechia holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Kameník?

In Czechia, the national register counted 779 people named Kameník, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.