Baranek

surname · Latin script

Meaning: diminutive of baran (“young ram; lamb”)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

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

rarermore common
  • SKSlovakia1 in 9.5K(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 18K
  • CZCzechia1 in 19K

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.

Poland (measured from records)

2,103 people, 2026

Sources
69 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 9.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovakia

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 Baránek in SK Slovakia, CZ Czechia.

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)

diminutive of baran (“young ram; lamb”)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Baranek 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 Baranek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland2,1031 in 18K1.1KBaranek69
US United States5751 in 579K578Baranek34
SK Slovakia5721 in 9.5K572Baránek21
CZ Czechia5551 in 19K559Baránek29
FR France≈150 est.≈1 in 465K10—1
HR Croatia141 in 302K14——
EE Estonia≈4 est.≈1 in 351Klisted—1

2,103 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. 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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

Baranek is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Baránek

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Baránek

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Baránek

  • Croatian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States

    Also written Baránek

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Baránek

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt

    Also written Baránek

25 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Baranek is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In szl, diminutive of barōn (“ram”) (young male sheep)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In zlw-opl, diminutive of baran (“lamb”) (young sheep)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Katarzyna Baranek, b. 1885Wincenty Baranek, b. 1899Łucja Baranek, b. 1908Modesta Baranek, b. 1928Henryk Baranek, b. 1931Tadeusz Baranek, b. 1934Frida Baranek, b. 1961Miroslav Baranek, b. 1973

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)

FormalDear Baranek,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Baranek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20261.1K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—1.1K#2,854
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20261K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—1K#2,929
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020578#40,749
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010575#38,484
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000536#38,771
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—45#31,559
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—44#11,223
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197127—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198122—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195121—

Reference works 4

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 Baranek mean, and where does it come from?
diminutive of baran (“young ram; lamb”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Baranek?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbæɹənɪk/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Baranek have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Baranek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled baranek.
Where is Baranek most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Baranek is densest in Slovakia — about 1 in 9.5 thousand people — even though Poland holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Baranek?
In Poland, the national register counted 2,103 people named Baranek in 2026, about 1 in 18 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, “Baranek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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