Zajíc

surname · Latin script

Meaning: hare

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

/zajiːt͡s/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Zajíc is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 4.9K(measured from records)
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 22K
  • SKSlovakia1 in 51K

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)

2,181 people

Sources
47 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zajic in US United States, HN Honduras, RS Serbia and 1 more.

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)

hare

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zajíc 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 Zajíc is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#5092,1811 in 4.9K2.2KZajíc47
US United States—3531 in 942K358Zajic14
RS Serbia—≈320 est.≈1 in 22K—Zajic3
SK Slovakia—1071 in 51K107Zajíc9
HN Honduras—≈72 est.≈1 in 128K—Zajic2
IE Ireland—≈54 est.≈1 in 95K—Zajic1

2,181 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). 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)

Zajíc is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Zajic, Zajić

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Zajic

  • Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Serbia, Croatia, United States, Ireland

    Languages: Croatian, Serbian

    Also written Zajić, Zajic

  • Korean name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Zajic

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Zajic

7 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)

12001400160018002000Zbyněk Zajíc, b. 1376Jan Zajíc, b. 1849Daniel Mayer-Zajíc, b. 1885Jan Zajíc, b. 1910Adolf Zajíc, b. 1912Jan Zajíc, b. 1944Miroslav Zajíc, b. 1946Jan Zajíc, b. 1950Jiří Zajíc, b. 1951Jan Zajíc, b. 1952

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)

FormalVážený pane / paní Zajíc,Dear Zajíc, (English)
InformalVážený pane / paní Zajíc,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Zajíc
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2.2K#526
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—2.2K#526
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—2.2K#526
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)1995107—

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 Zajíc mean, and where does it come from?
hare Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Zajíc?
A machine transcription gives /zajiːt͡s/ (IPA) for Czech.
In which country does Zajíc have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 2.2 thousand people named Zajíc, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zajíc.
Where is Zajíc most common?
Zajíc is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.9 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Zajíc?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2,181 people named Zajíc, about 1 in 4.9 thousand residents.
How common is Zajíc compared with other names?
In Czechia, Zajíc is the 509th most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Zajíc” — the 509th most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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