Horacek

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from a diminutive of Horak (see Horak)

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 2.6K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 470K
  • HRCroatia1 in 27K

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.

Czechia (measured from records)

4,192 people

Sources
156 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.6K (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 Horáček 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)

from a diminutive of Horak (see Horak).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Horacek 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 Horacek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#1354,1921 in 2.6K4.2KHoráček74
US United States—7081 in 470K708Horacek156
DE Germany—≈210 est.≈1 in 379K—Horacek41
SK Slovakia—1881 in 29K188Horáček18
BR Brazil—≈170 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Horacek14
HR Croatia—1571 in 27K157——
AT Austria—≈99 est.≈1 in 89K—Horacek27
AU Australia—≈73 est.≈1 in 349K—Horacek34

4,192 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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)

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

  • Croatian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Serbia

    Also written Horaček, Horaćek, Horáček

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Horaček, Horáček, Horácek

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States

    Also written Horaček, Horáček

  • Arabic surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

    Also written Horáček, Horaçek, Horácek

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Horáček

  • Ukrainian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Finland

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Горачек, Gorachek, Horáček, Horácek

23 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)

19001920194019601980Leopold Horacek, b. 1907Josef Horacek, b. 1911Blanka Horacek, b. 1913Rudolf Horacek, b. 1915Judy Horacek, b. 1961Tony Horacek, b. 1967Mike Horacek, 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 Horacek,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Horacek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010708#32,485
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000706#31,085
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020677#35,729
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

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 Horacek mean, and where does it come from?
from a diminutive of Horak (see Horak). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Horacek?
A machine transcription gives /ˈhɔɹətʃɛk/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Horacek have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 4.2 thousand people named Horacek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled horáček.
Where is Horacek most common?
Horacek is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.6 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Horacek?
In Czechia, the national register counted 4,192 people named Horacek, about 1 in 2.6 thousand residents.
How common is Horacek compared with other names?
In Czechia, Horacek is the 135th 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, “Horacek” — the 135th most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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