Czech surnames
Daněk: what the name means
Daněk means “fallow deer”: or from the first name Daniel.
In January 2017, 3,399 people in Czechia were named Daněk or Daněková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha275
- Around Brno231
- Around Kroměříž144
- Around Šlapanice141
- Around Vsetín115
Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.
In America the name was often written without the Czech accents, so family papers may say Danek.
To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.
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Questions
What does the surname Daněk mean?
Daněk means “fallow deer”: or from the first name Daniel.
How many people are called Daněk in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,399 people in Czechia were named Daněk or Daněková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Daněk most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (275), Brno (231), Kroměříž (144).