Vacek
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Vacek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: a male surname transferred from the given name.
- CZCzechia1 in 2.2K(measured from records)
- HRCroatia1 in 51K
- SKSlovakia1 in 66K
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)
- Sources
- 119 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
4,764 people
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male surname transferred from the given name
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vacek 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | #106 | 4,764 | 1 in 2.2K | 4.8K | Vacek | 106 |
| CN China | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 415K | — | Vacek | 3 |
| US United States | — | 1,418 | 1 in 235K | 1.4K | Vacek | 119 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 536K | — | Vacek | 13 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈88 est. | ≈1 in 427K | — | Vacek | 16 |
| HR Croatia | — | 83 | 1 in 51K | 83 | — | — |
| SK Slovakia | #740 | 82 | 1 in 66K | 82 | Vacek | 16 |
| FI Finland | — | 24 | 1 in 232K | 24 | — | 1 |
4,764 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: MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Vacek is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, var of Vatsek or Viachek.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Karel Vacekb. 1902CZCzech composer (1902–1982)
- Miloš Vacekb. 1928CZCzech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (1928–2012)
- Miroslav Vacekb. 1935CZCzech general and politician (1935–2022)
- Karel Vacekb. 1940CZCzech architect (1940–2010)
- Carol Bloodb. 1961USnot in their usual namepolitician from the U.S. state of Nebraska
- Daniel Vacekb. 1971CZtennis player
- Jan Vacekb. 1976CZCzech tennis player
- Kamil Vacekb. 1987CZCzech association football player
- Karel Vacekb. 2000CZCzech racing cyclist
- Mathias Vacekb. 2002CZCzech cyclist and cross-country skier
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 24 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 4.8K | #157 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 4.8K | #157 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 4.8K | #157 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.4K | #18,927 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.4K | #19,152 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #18,982 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 83 | #9,198 |
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 82 | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 73 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 24 | #40,786 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Vacek mean, and where does it come from?
- a male surname transferred from the given name Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Vacek have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 4.8 thousand people named Vacek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vacek.
- Where is Vacek most common?
- Vacek is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.2 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Vacek?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 4,764 people named Vacek, about 1 in 2.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Vacek compared with other names?
- In Czechia, Vacek is the 106th most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Vacek?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vacekThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Vacek” — the 106th most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.