Vanek Surname
Approximately 7,639 people bear this surname
Vanek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,840 | 1:94,390 | 10,593 |
| Czechia | 1,366 | 1:7,784 | 979 |
| Slovakia | 696 | 1:7,667 | 776 |
| Austria | 572 | 1:14,887 | 2,199 |
| Germany | 236 | 1:341,125 | 33,422 |
| Hungary | 183 | 1:53,641 | 5,682 |
| Canada | 163 | 1:226,047 | 21,702 |
| Russia | 121 | 1:1,191,100 | 87,429 |
| Croatia | 105 | 1:40,272 | 8,066 |
| Australia | 72 | 1:374,940 | 30,993 |
| Ukraine | 37 | 1:1,230,343 | 106,187 |
| Switzerland | 32 | 1:256,654 | 21,165 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Serbia | 14 | 1:510,353 | 19,964 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Vaněk (6,577), Vañek (154) & Vanék (8) are calculated separately.
Vanek (61) may also be a first name.
Vanek Demographics
Average Male Vanek Height
178.83 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Vanek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vanek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vanek (Russian: Ванек) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Vaněk, Vañek or Vanék. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vanek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vanek is the 65,352nd most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 953,992 people. The last name Vanek occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Vanek live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequent given name in the world, held by 61 people.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 3,840 people, or 1 in 94,390. In The United States Vanek is most common in: Texas, where 12 percent live, Illinois, where 10 percent live and Ohio, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in 53 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 18 percent live and Slovakia, where 9 percent live.
Vanek Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Vanek last name is chiefly Orthodox (63%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Vanek last name are 11.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.47% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Vanek earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 21.28% less than the national average, earning 272,446 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.23% more than the national average, earning $44,975 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.78% more than the national average, earning $57,521 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vanek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vanek in the Russian language | ||
| Ванек | vanek | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Vanek
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