# Vanek (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,679 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,697 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 115,247 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.0% (2,706 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Vaněk.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vanek 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Vanek in Austria.

## People named Vanek

- Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player

## Similar surnames

Vang, Vanwyk, Vance, Vanhook, Vanzee, Vines, Vuong, Vong, Vanhoose, Venezia, Vinci, Vince.

## 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.