Válek
surname · Latin script
Meaning: genitive plural of válka
/vaːlɛk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Válek is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Czechia.
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
genitive plural of válka
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Válek counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | — | 2.7K | — |
| US United States | — | 798 | — |
| SK Slovakia | — | 311 | — |
| HR Croatia | — | 247 | — |
| SI Slovenia | — | 86 | — |
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: naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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)
- Jan Válekb. 1869CZCzechoslovak pedagogue (1869-1937)
- Josef Válekb. 1871CZCzech educator (1871–1937)
- Jiří Válekb. 1923CZCzech composer (1923-2005)
- Miroslav Válekb. 1927SKSlovak poet, publicist and politician (1927-1991)
- Jan Válekb. 1933CZCzechoslovak translator
- Vladimír Válekb. 1935CZCzech conductor (1935–2025)
- Jiří Válekb. 1940CZCzech fluteist and music educator
- Zdeněk Válekb. 1958Czech soccer player
- Oldřich Válekb. 1960CZCzechoslovak ice hockey player
- Vlastimil Válekb. 1960CZCzech physician and politician
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 2.7K | #399 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 2.7K | #399 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 2.7K | #400 |
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 311 | — |
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 Válek mean, and where does it come from?
- genitive plural of válka Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Válek?
- A machine transcription gives /vaːlɛk/ (IPA) for Czech.
- In which country does Válek have the most bearers?
- Válek is most frequently recorded in Czechia.
What do you want to know about Válek?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/v%C3%A1lekThe 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, “Válek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.