Czech surnames
Vaněček: what the name means
Vaněček: from the first name Václav (Wenceslas).
In January 2017, 3,151 people in Czechia were named Vaněček or Vaněčková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha471
- Around České Budějovice146
- Around Benešov126
- Around Plzeň95
- Around Strakonice90
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 Vanecek.
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 Vaněček mean?
Vaněček: from the first name Václav (Wenceslas).
How many people are called Vaněček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,151 people in Czechia were named Vaněček or Vaněčková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Vaněček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (471), České Budějovice (146), Benešov (126).