Václav Surname
Approximately 500 people bear this surname
Václav Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 286 | 1:18,659 | 2,855 |
| Czechia | 211 | 1:50,396 | 8,450 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Vaclav (302) are calculated separately.
Václav (125,915) may also be a first name.
Václav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Václav Come From? nationality or country of origin
Václav is held by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Vaclav. Click here for other possible spellings of Václav.
How Common Is The Last Name Václav? popularity and diffusion
It is the 616,129th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 14,575,092 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Václav are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 8,244th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 125,915 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Slovakia, where it is held by 286 people, or 1 in 18,659. In Slovakia it is most frequent in: Trenčín Region, where 30 percent reside, Bratislava Region, where 27 percent reside and Prešov Region, where 17 percent reside. Other than Slovakia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 42 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Václav
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