# Dvorak (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dvorak/  
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, especially

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,771 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,562 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 39,730 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (7,616 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdvɔɹʒɑk/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Czech Dvořák, from Old Czech dvořák (“attendant, tenant farmer”), equivalent to dvůr (“court, courtyard, estate, farm”) + -ák (“-er, -an: forming related nouns”). The keyboard is named after the American inventor August Dvorak.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dvorak 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dvorak in the United States.

## People named Dvorak

- Ann Dvorak, American actress (1911–1979)
- August Dvorak, American scientist (1894–1975)
- Dusty Dvorak, American volleyball player

## Similar surnames

Dufresne, Depriest, Devereaux, Devers, Dabrowski, DeForest, Deavers, Devereux, Divers, Deforge.

## 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.