Vladyka
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a male surname originating as an occupation
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/vladɪkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vladyka is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ukraine than in any other country.
- UAUkraine≈1 in 24Kas Владика(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 322Kas Владыка
- CZCzechia1 in 26K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Vladyka itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ukraine (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 97 (measured from records)
- 1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,800 named Владика, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Владика in UA Ukraine and Владыка in RU Russia.
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)a male surname originating as an occupation
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Vladyka 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA Ukraine | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Владика | 29 |
| RU Russia | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 322K | — | Владыка | 97 |
| CZ Czechia | 407 | 1 in 26K | 410 | Vladyka | 44 |
| PL Poland | 281 | 1 in 136K | 150 | Vladyka | 3 |
| US United States | 179 | 1 in 1.9M | 187 | Vladyka | 19 |
| HR Croatia | 56as Vladika | 1 in 75K | 56 | — | — |
| SK Slovakia | 20 | 1 in 272K | 20 | Vladyka | 4 |
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; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); 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 recorded senses
(measured from records)Vladyka is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Plg. Vladikas, Vladykis (žr.). Toliau sietina su lenk. Wlodyka, Wladyka (SSNO VI 142).
as a nameLietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
In Russian, "rule."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In Lithuanian, Plg. Vladikas, Vladjkis (žr.). Toliau sietina su lenk. Wilodyka, Wladyka (SSNO VI 142).
as a wordVanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
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)- Ladislav Vladykab. 1893CZCzechoslovak writer
- Christa Vladykab. 1955ATAustrian politician
- Miroslav Vladykab. 1959CZCzech actor and presenter
- Petr Vladykab. 1974CZCzech soccer player and indoor soccer player
- Karel Vladykab. 1996CZCzech actor
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)Evidence
(measured from records)14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 410 | #3,418 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 407 | #3,848 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 187 | #102,571 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 179 | #100,791 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 150 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 150 | #21,006 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 138 | #116,835 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 131 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 131 | #24,135 |
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 20 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- 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 Vladyka mean, and where does it come from?
- a male surname originating as an occupation Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Vladyka?
- A machine transcription gives /vladɪkə/ (IPA) for Ukrainian.
- In which country does Vladyka have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Владика in Ukraine, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Vladyka most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vladyka is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 26 thousand people — even though Ukraine holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Vladyka?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 407 people named Vladyka, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Vladyka?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vladykaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Vladyka”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.