Pavlićek

surname · Latin script

Pavlićek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country: 3,948 people, counted by MVČR. Recorded meaning: From Czech Pavlíček. Pavlićek is also written Павличек in Cyrillic.

  • CZCzechia1 in 2.7K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 21K
  • SKSlovakia1 in 23K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Pavlićek itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

3,948 people

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
21 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Pavlićek in other scripts: Cyrillic

(measured from records)
PavlićekLatin(measured from records)
ПавличекPavlićek in Cyrillic(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pavlicek in US United States and Pavliček in HR Croatia.

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 Pavlíček.

Cited for this meaning 1

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where the surname Pavlićek is found

(measured from records)

Pavlićek 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 Pavlićek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia3,9481 in 2.7K3.9K——
US United States8541 in 390K854Pavlicek17
SK Slovakia2341 in 23K234——
HR Croatia1971 in 21K197Pavliček21
CH Switzerland301 in 280K30—2
MK North Macedonia6as Павличек1 in 354K6——

3,948 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 2010; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); State Statistical Office — living population names. 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)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Pavlićek under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Pavlićek mean, and where does it come from?
From Czech Pavlíček. Recorded by Wiktionary.
Which countries have the most people with the surname Pavlićek?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 3.9 thousand people named Pavlićek, more than in any other country we hold. After it come United States, Slovakia, Croatia and Switzerland; the country table on this page ranks them.
Where is Pavlićek most common?
Pavlićek is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Pavlićek?
In Czechia, the national register counted 3,948 people named Pavlićek, about 1 in 2.7 thousand 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, “Pavlićek” — ranked 209th in Czechia (MVČR). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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