Svitek

surname · Latin script

Meaning: scroll, roll (of paper or parchment)

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

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

rarermore common
  • SKSlovakia1 in 25K(measured from records)
  • CZCzechia1 in 50K
  • HRCroatia1 in 146K

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.

Slovakia (measured from records)

215 people, 1995

Sources
40 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 25K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovakia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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)

scroll, roll (of paper or parchment)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Svitek 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 Svitek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SK Slovakia#4732151 in 25K215Svitek40
CZ Czechia—2141 in 50K214Svitek25
US United States—1751 in 1.9M175Svitek26
HR Croatia—291 in 146K29——
CA Canada—≈24 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Svitek9
CH Switzerland—101 in 840K10——

215 people counted by JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census), 1995, counting the spelling svítek. 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: JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

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

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Švitek, Svítek

  • Croatian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Canada

    Also written Švitek, Svítek

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Švitek

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Švitek, Svítek

  • Russian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Свитек, Світек, Svítek

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Svítek

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)

1960197019801990Štefan Svitek, b. 1960Vladimír Svitek, b. 1962Štefan Svitek, b. 1966Štefan Svitek, b. 1977Will Svitek, b. 1982

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 Svitek,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Svitek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010175#102,688
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020172#109,465
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000154#107,038
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—100#7,724
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—99#16,964
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202129#18,597
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202123—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202410#60,931
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Svitek mean, and where does it come from?
scroll, roll (of paper or parchment) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Svitek?
A machine transcription gives /svɪtɛk/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Svitek have the most bearers?
In Slovakia, the national register counted about 215 people named Svitek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled svitek.
Where is Svitek most common?
Svitek is densest in Slovakia, where the national register counts about 1 in 25 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Svitek?
In Slovakia, the national register counted 215 people named Svitek in 1995, about 1 in 25 thousand residents.
How common is Svitek compared with other names?
In Slovakia, Svitek is the 473rd most common surname of 69,668 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, “Svitek” — the 473rd most common surname in Slovakia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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