Romanek

surname · Latin script

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

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

Romanek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Czech Románek or Polish Romanek.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 17K(measured from records)
  • CZCzechia1 in 49K
  • SKSlovakia1 in 363K

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.

Poland (measured from records)

2,309 people, 2026

Sources
47 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Románek in CZ Czechia, SK Slovakia.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Czech Románek or Polish Romanek.

Sources 1

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Romanek 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 Romanek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland2,3091 in 17K1.2KRomanek47
US United States5281 in 630K528Romanek28
CZ Czechia2201 in 49K220Románek17
BR Brazil2161 in 980K216——
EG Egypt≈69 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Romanek1
SK Slovakia151 in 363K15Románek4

2,309 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. 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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; MVČR — living population register 2017; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); 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)

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

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Románek

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Románek

  • Spanish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Colombia, Panama

    Also written Románek

  • Russian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Романек, Романёк

  • Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Románek

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary

    Also written Románek

31 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)

19001920194019601980Mieczysława Romankówna, b. 1910Mark Romanek, b. 1959János Romanek, b. 1966Andrzej Romanek, b. 1967

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 Romanek,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Romanek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20261.2K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—1.2K#2,563
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20261.1K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—1.1K#2,654
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010528#41,234
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000489#41,859
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020474#48,145
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—216#34,510
US United Stateswru 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)
  • Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)

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 Romanek mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Czech Románek or Polish Romanek. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Romanek?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɑmənɪk/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Romanek have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 2.3 thousand people named Romanek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled romanek.
Where is Romanek most common?
Romanek is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 17 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Romanek?
In Poland, the national register counted 2,309 people named Romanek in 2026, about 1 in 17 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, “Romanek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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