Hlavač

surname · Latin script

Hlavač is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Czech Hlaváč, from hlaváč.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 3.4K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 488K
  • SKSlovakia1 in 4.6K

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.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,200 people, est.

Sources
172 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hlavac in US United States, AT Austria, PK Pakistan and 1 more and Hlaváč in CZ Czechia, SK Slovakia.

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)

Borrowed from Czech Hlaváč, from hlaváč.

Sources 2

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hlavač 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 Hlavač is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan—≈3,200 est.≈1 in 74K—Hlavac1
CZ Czechia#2913,1211 in 3.4K3.1KHlaváč54
SK Slovakia#4581,1811 in 4.6K1.2KHlaváč30
US United States—6811 in 488K687Hlavac172
GH Ghana—≈210 est.≈1 in 138K—Hlavac3
AT Austria—≈79 est.≈1 in 112K—Hlavac20

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; MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; 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)

Hlavač is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

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

    Also written Hlavac, Hlaváč, Hlavać

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Hlavač
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—12#72,382

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hlavač mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Czech Hlaváč, from hlaváč. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
In which country does Hlavač have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.2 thousand people named Hlavač in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hlavac.
Where is Hlavač most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hlavač is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 3.4 thousand people — even though Pakistan holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Hlavač?
In Czechia, the national register counted 3,121 people named Hlavač, about 1 in 3.4 thousand residents.
How common is Hlavač compared with other names?
In Czechia, Hlavač is the 291st 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, “Hlavač” — the 291st most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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