Czech surnames
Vaněk: what the name means
Vaněk: from the first name Václav or Jan.
In January 2017, 7,614 people in Czechia were named Vaněk or Vaněková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha864
- Around Ostrava257
- Around Brno216
- Around Opava182
- Around Uherské Hradiště173
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 Vanek.
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 Vaněk mean?
Vaněk: from the first name Václav or Jan.
How many people are called Vaněk in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 7,614 people in Czechia were named Vaněk or Vaněková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Vaněk most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (864), Ostrava (257), Brno (216).