Czech surnames
Vašek: what the name means
Vašek: from Vašek, a pet form of the first name Václav (Wenceslas).
In January 2017, 4,985 people in Czechia were named Vašek or Vašková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha317
- Around Brno307
- Around Ostrava300
- Around Rožnov pod Radhoštěm250
- Around Hodonín158
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 Vasek.
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 Vašek mean?
Vašek: from Vašek, a pet form of the first name Václav (Wenceslas).
How many people are called Vašek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 4,985 people in Czechia were named Vašek or Vašková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Vašek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (317), Brno (307), Ostrava (300).