Belak
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈbɛɫək/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Belak is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Slovakia than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
- SKSlovakia1 in 5.4K
- SISlovenia1 in 7K
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.
- Slovakia (measured from records)
- Sources
- 131 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.4K (inferred from the name graph)
1,006 people, 1995
Highest-authority source
Slovakia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Belak 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.
1,006 people counted by JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census), 1995. 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 2000; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); MVČR — living population register 2017. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Belak 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 Sundanese, have a crack or split in the sole of the foot
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In poz-cet-pro, crack, split open (as the stomach of a fish)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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)
- Stane Belak-Šraufb. 1940SISlovene mountaineer, mountain guide and mountain rescue (1940-1995)
- Janko Belakb. 1946SISlovenian economist
- Ljerka Belakb. 1948SISlovene actress (1948–2021)
- Mateja Belakb. 1958SIresearcher
- Wade Belakb. 1976CACanadian ice hockey player (1976–2011)
- Graham Belakb. 1979CACanadian ice hockey player
- Christoph Belakb. 1987DEmathematician
- Teja Belakb. 1994SISlovene gymnast
- Mojca BelakSIresearcher
- Jernej BelakSISlovenian economist
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 17 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 371 | #2,076 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 334 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 308 | #61,058 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 307 | #64,721 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 299 | #1,296 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 288 | #72,692 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 2 | #169,160 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 2 | #24,158 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Belak?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɛɫək/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Belak have the most bearers?
- In Slovakia, the national register counted about 1.0 thousand people named Belak, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Belak most common?
- Belak is densest in Slovakia, where the national register counts about 1 in 5.4 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Belak?
- In Slovakia, the national register counted 1,006 people named Belak in 1995, about 1 in 5.4 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Belak?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/belakThe 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, “Belak”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.