Vacek

See also: váček

English

Etymology

From the Czech surname, from the personal name Václav + -ek.

Proper noun

Vacek (plural Vaceks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Vacek is the 19152^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1418 individuals. Vacek is most common among White (96.97%) individuals.

Czech

Etymology

From the personal name Václav + -ek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvat͡sɛk]

Proper noun

Vacek m anim (female equivalent Vacková)

1. a male surname transferred from the given name

Declension

Declension of Vacek (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Vacek	Vackové
genitive	Vacka	Vacků
dative	Vackovi	Vackům
accusative	Vacka	Vacky
vocative	Vacku	Vackové
locative	Vackovi	Vaccích
instrumental	Vackem	Vacky

Further reading

• “Vacek”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvat͡sek]

Proper noun

Vacek m anim (feminine Vaceková or Vacková)

1. a male surname transferred from the given name

Further reading

• “Vacek”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024