Vaníček
surname · Latin script
/vaɲiːt͡ʃɛk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vaníček is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Czechia.
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vaníček 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 | — | 2K | — |
| US United States | — | 239 | — |
| HR Croatia | — | 94 | — |
| SK Slovakia | — | 44 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 7 | — |
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 2020; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). 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)
- Franjo Vaníčekb. 1809CZteacher and historian
- Alois Vaničekb. 1825CZCzech classical philologist and teacher
- Bedřich Vaníčekb. 1885CZCzech translator (1885-1955)
- Petr Vaníčekb. 1935CZCanadian geophysicist
- Ivan Vaníčekb. 1944CZCzech civil engineer
- Vratislav Vaníčekb. 1947CZCzech historian
- Jiří Vaníčekb. 1957CZphotographer
- František Vaníčekb. 1969CZCzech organist
- Sébastien Vaničekb. 1989FRFrench director and screenwriter
- Antonín Vaníčekb. 1998CZCzech association football player
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 10 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 2K | #564 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 2K | #564 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 2K | #564 |
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 44 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Kotík, Antonín, Naše příjmení (nové vydání, 1897)
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
- How do you pronounce Vaníček?
- A machine transcription gives /vaɲiːt͡ʃɛk/ (IPA) for Czech.
- In which country does Vaníček have the most bearers?
- Vaníček is most frequently recorded in Czechia.
What do you want to know about Vaníček?
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/van%C3%AD%C4%8DekThe 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, “Vaníček”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.