Morávek Surname

179,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,372 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Morávek Surname Definition:

(Czech-Slovakian) One who came from Moravia (district of the marshy river), a former province in Czechoslovakia.

Morávek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia1,8941:5,614650
Slovakia4561:11,7031,483
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Hungary71:1,402,32560,133
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

The alternate forms: Moravek (1,269) are calculated separately.

Morávek Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Czech-Slovakian) One who came from Moravia (district of the marshy river), a former province in Czechoslovakia.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Morávek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Morávek Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Morávek occurs most in Czechia. It may also be found in the variant forms: Moravek. Click here for further possible spellings of Morávek.

How Common Is The Last Name Morávek? popularity and diffusion

The surname Morávek is the 179,783rd most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,072,321 people. The surname Morávek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Morávek live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Czechia, where it is carried by 1,894 people, or 1 in 5,614. In Czechia it is most common in: Hradec Králové Region, where 18 percent are found, Pardubice Region, where 14 percent are found and Prague, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Czechia this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 19 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moravek951,269/
Morovek869/
Moráveková8226/
Moraveck8023/
Moraveik802/
Moravec719,982/
Morawek71524/
Moravík71194/
Morovik7143/
Moravik7142/
Moraveg719/
Moraveková717/
Morovec712/
Muravek712/
Morovyk712/
Maravek711/
Morabek711/
Morowek711/
Maroveke67410/
Moravick67130/
Moraweck6772/
Morzovik6753/
Morovick6717/
Moraviec6716/
Morauvec671/
Moraveckova671/
Moravect671/
Morovykh671/
Morravec671/
Murzavek671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Morávek
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