Vaňek Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Vaňek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Vaňek Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia81:667,05668,191
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

Vaňek Last Name Facts

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

Vaňek is found most in Slovakia. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vaňek? popularity and diffusion

Vaňek is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Vaňek live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 667,056. In Slovakia it is primarily concentrated in: Bratislava Region, where 88 percent live and Trnava Region, where 13 percent live. Not including Slovakia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Czechia, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vaek8994/
Vaeck8032/
Vaeke8019/
Hvaek8010/
Vahek802/
Vaeik801/
Vaňeková771/
Vaecke731/
Vaiyek731/
Baek67221,692/
Voek671,006/
Faek67517/
Veuk679/
Vaňkova672/
Vaekova672/
Vaec671/
Vaeg671/
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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 Vaňek
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