Franek
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 17 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ˈfra.nɛk/(recorded in a dictionary) Polish · from Wiktionary
Franek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.
- CZCzechia1 in 8K(measured from records)
- PLPoland1 in 29K
- ATAustria≈1 in 82K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 62 (measured from records)
- 1 in 8.0K (inferred from the name graph)
1,332 people
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Czechia
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 across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Franek 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | #855 | 1,332 | 1 in 8K | 1.3K | Franek | 62 |
| PL Poland | — | 1,320 | 1 in 29K | 678 | — | 1 |
| US United States | — | 518 | 1 in 642K | 637 | Franek | 38 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 502K | listed | Franek | 9 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 82K | 7 | — | — |
| SK Slovakia | — | 16 | 1 in 340K | 16 | Franek | 35 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 204K | 10 | — | 1 |
1,332 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017, counting the spelling franěk. 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; 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); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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)Franek is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, "Western European."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
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)- Gabriel Fránekb. 1859CZCzech conductor, composer and choirmaster (1859-1930)
- Friedrich Franekb. 1891ATGerman General and Knight's Cross recipients
- Andrzej Franekb. 1950PLPolish biophysicist and researcher
- Ján Franekb. 1960SKCzechoslovak boxer
- Zdeněk Fránekb. 1961CZCzech architect
- Edward Franekb. 1964PLPolish nephrologist, diabetologist and researcher
- Claire Franekb. 1966FRFrench children's writer and illustrator (1966-2016)
- Bridget Franekb. 1987USAmerican middle-distance runner
- Camillo Franekb. 1991ATAustrian rower
- Tomáš Franekb. 1994CZice hockey player (1994-)
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)34 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 678 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 678 | #4,600 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 664 | #2,197 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 663 | #1,510 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 663 | #2,137 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 642 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 642 | #5,000 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 637 | #37,540 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 613 | #34,856 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 518 | #41,959 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Kotík, Antonín, Naše příjmení (nové vydání, 1897)
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 Franek?
- It depends on the language: in Polish /ˈfra.nɛk/ (Wiktionary); in Czech /ˈfranɛk/ (Wiktionary).
- In which country does Franek have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Franek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled franek.
- Where is Franek most common?
- Franek is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 8.0 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Franek?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 1,332 people named Franek, about 1 in 8.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Franek compared with other names?
- In Czechia, Franek is the 855th most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/franekThe 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, “Franek” — the 855th most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.