Šimek

surname · Latin script

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

Šimek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Czechia it is the 72nd most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Šimon + -ek (diminutive suffix).

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
  • THThailand≈1 in 23Kas ศรีเมฆ
  • SKSlovakia1 in 5.1K

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 Šimek 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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈8,400 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
78 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ŠimekLatin(measured from records)
ศรีเมฆThai(measured from records)

12 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Simek in US United States, CN China and ศรีเมฆ in TH Thailand.

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)

From Šimon + -ek (diminutive suffix).

Sources 1

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Šimek 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 Šimek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈8,400 est.≈1 in 166K—Simek5
CZ Czechia#726,7861 in 1.6K6.8KŠimek78
TH Thailand#687≈3,000 est.≈1 in 23K#637,855ศรีเมฆ66
US United States—1,3711 in 243K1.5KSimek72
SK Slovakia#6401,0651 in 5.1K1.1KŠimek28
HR Croatia—8111 in 5.2K811——
RS Serbia—≈54 est.≈1 in 130K—Šimek4

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; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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)

Šimek is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Serbia, Slovenia

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian

    Also written Simek, Шимек, Shimek

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Şimek, Simek

  • English surname9 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Simek, Ŝimek

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium

    Also written Simek

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, Canada

    Also written Simek

  • Russian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States

    Also written Симек, Simek, Симэк, Şimek

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy

    Also written Simek

17 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)

18001850190019502000Ludvík Šimek, b. 1837Miloslav Šimek, b. 1940Miroslav Šimek, b. 1959Bohumil Šimek, b. 1959Jarek Šimek, b. 1973Redžinald Šimek, b. 1976David Šimek, b. 1977Juraj Šimek, b. 1987Karlo Šimek, b. 1988Radim Šimek, b. 1992

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 11 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Šimek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—6.8K#75
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—6.8K#75
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—6.8K#76
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)19951.1K—
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)2021811#728
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)2021705—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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 Šimek mean, and where does it come from?
From Šimon + -ek (diminutive suffix). Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Šimek have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 8.4 thousand people named Šimek in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled simek.
Where is Šimek most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Šimek is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 1.6 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Šimek?
In Czechia, the national register counted 6,786 people named Šimek, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents.
How common is Šimek compared with other names?
In Czechia, Šimek is the 72nd most common surname of 114,573 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, “Šimek” — the 72nd most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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