Náprstek
surname · Latin script
Meaning: thimble (cap for the fingers)
Náprstek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.
- CZCzechia1 in 41K(measured from records)
- SKSlovakia1 in 680K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 2.1M
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)
- Sources
- 21 (measured from records)
- 1 in 41K (inferred from the name graph)
263 people
Highest-authority source
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 Naprstek in US United States.
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)
thimble (cap for the fingers)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Náprstek 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | 263 | 1 in 41K | 264 | Náprstek | 21 |
| US United States | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 2.9M | listed | Naprstek | 9 |
| SK Slovakia | 8 | 1 in 680K | 8 | Náprstek | 6 |
| CH Switzerland | 4 | 1 in 2.1M | 4 | — | — |
263 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; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ferdinand Pravoslav Náprstekb. 1824CZCzech philanthropist (1824–1887)
- Vojtěch Náprstekb. 1826CZCzech traveller (1826-1894)
- Jan Náprstekb. 1858CZCzechoslovak politician
- Josef Náprstekb. 1881CZCzech politician, local politician and publicist (1881–1931)
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 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 264 | #4,815 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 263 | #6,366 |
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 8 | — |
Reference works 2
- 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 Náprstek mean, and where does it come from?
- thimble (cap for the fingers) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Náprstek have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 263 people named Náprstek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled náprstek.
- Where is Náprstek most common?
- Náprstek is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 41 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Náprstek?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 263 people named Náprstek, about 1 in 41 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Náprstek?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/n%C3%A1prstekThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Náprstek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.