Hosek

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from a pet form of the personal name Hodislav

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 3.8K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 76K
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 369K

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)

2,817 people

Sources
60 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Hošek in SK Slovakia.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from a pet form of the personal name Hodislav.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hosek 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 Hosek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia2,8171 in 3.8K2.8KHosek60
US United States6761 in 492K773Hosek58
EG Egypt≈280 est.≈1 in 369K—Hosek2
IT Italy≈98 est.≈1 in 637K—Hosek1
SK Slovakia721 in 76K72Hošek7

2,817 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017, counting the spelling hošek. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; 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)

Hosek is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname10 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Hošek, Hösek, Hoesek

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hošek

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Hošek

  • Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Serbia

    Also written Hošek

29 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)

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 Hosek,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Hosek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000773#28,947
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020747#32,900
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010676#33,695
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—1#219,851
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—1#25,583
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 Hosek mean, and where does it come from?
from a pet form of the personal name Hodislav. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Hosek?
A machine transcription gives /ˈhoʊsɛk/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Hosek have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 2.8 thousand people named Hosek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hosek.
Where is Hosek most common?
Hosek is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.8 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Hosek?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2,817 people named Hosek, about 1 in 3.8 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, “Hosek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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