Family name Патаки (Pataki 
, Pataky , Патаки 
) , globally, is a common cognomen. The family name Патаки is habitual in Hungary, where it is a common surname, Slovakia, where it is quite a common surname, and Reunion. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Hungary, Romania, and the United States. Much less frequently, Патаки is the forename as well as the last name.