# Beranek (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/beranek/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Czech.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,518 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,286 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 203,390 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (1,452 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Czech Beránek.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beranek in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 98% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beranek in the United States and Austria.

## People named Beranek

- Leo Beranek, American acoustical engineer (1914–2016)
- Alois Beranek, Austrian football player, manager and referee (1900-1983)

## Similar surnames

Bernstein, Berens, Berns, Beringer, Barnes, Burns, Branch, Brunson, Briones, Brinkley, Brinson, Brink.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.