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 Vanek Salary in
United States
$44,975 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Vanek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vanek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vanek (Russian: Ванек) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Vaněk, Vañek or Vanék. For other potential spellings of Vanek click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vanek? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 65,352nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 953,992 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Vanek are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 52 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Vanek is also the 1,257,960th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 61 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 3,840 people, or 1 in 94,390. In The United States Vanek is most common in: Texas, where 12 percent reside, Illinois, where 10 percent reside and Ohio, where 10 percent reside. Outside of The United States Vanek exists in 53 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 18 percent reside and Slovakia, where 9 percent reside.
Vanek Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (63%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Vanek last name are 11.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.47% being registered with the 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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