Yanek

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Yanek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: männl. Vom., modische Schreibvari­ ante von.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.4M(measured from records)

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

243 people, 2010

Sources
19 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.4M (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

männl. Vom., modische Schreibvari­ ante von

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yanek 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 Yanek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2431 in 1.4M254Yanek19
AR Argentina———Yanek16
MX Mexico———Yanek16
PL Poland——23——
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines——1——

243 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Yanek is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Belarus

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

    Also written Янек, Янэк, Janek

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Yãnek

  • Bulgarian given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Estonia, Russia, Croatia

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Янек, Janek

29 further groups 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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 16 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Yanek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202623#5,927
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—22#5,523
VC St. Vincent & GrenadinesElectoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025)20251#146

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Yanek mean?
Recorded meaning: männl. Vom., modische Schreibvari­ ante von
In which country does Yanek have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 243 people named Yanek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yanek.
Where is Yanek most common?
Yanek is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.4 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Yanek?
In the United States, the national register counted 243 people named Yanek in 2010, about 1 in 1.4 million 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, “Yanek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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