Vlček

surname · Latin script

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

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

Vlček is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Czech Vlček, from Czech vlček.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 4.3K
  • HRCroatia1 in 86K

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.

Czechia (measured from records)

6,891 people

Sources
19 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.6K (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 Vlcek in US United States.

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)

Derivation of Vlček: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Vlček
  1. CzechVlček(measured from records)
  2. Czechvlček(measured from records)

From Czech Vlček, from Czech vlček.

Sources 1

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Vlček 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 Vlček is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia6,8911 in 1.6K6.9K——
SK Slovakia1,2511 in 4.3K1.3K——
US United States7441 in 447K749Vlcek19
HR Croatia491 in 86K49Vlček13
CH Switzerland361 in 233K36—1

6,891 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; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

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

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Vlcek, Vlc̆ek, Vlćek

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Vlcek

  • Czech surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Brazil, Argentina

    Languages: Czech, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Vlcek

  • Russian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Serbia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Влчек, Vlcek, Vlchek

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Vlcek

11 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)

18501900195020002050Jaroslav Vlček, b. 1860Emanuel Vlček, b. 1925Miloslav Vlček, b. 1961Petr Vlček, b. 1973Stanislav Vlček, b. 1976Erik Vlček, b. 1981Lukáš Vlček, b. 1981Martina Vlčková, b. 1986Yzomandias, b. 1991Tomáš Vlček, b. 2001

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 Vlček,Dear Vlček, (English)
InformalVážený pane / paní Vlček,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Vlček
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—6.9K#71
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—6.9K#71
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—6.9K#72
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)19951.3K—
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202149#13,519
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202143—

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 Vlček mean, and where does it come from?
From Czech Vlček, from Czech vlček. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Vlček?
A machine transcription gives /vl̩t͡ʃɛk/ (IPA) for Czech.
In which country does Vlček have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 6.9 thousand people named Vlček, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Vlček most common?
Vlček is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.6 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Vlček?
In Czechia, the national register counted 6,891 people named Vlček, about 1 in 1.6 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, “Vlček”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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