Find out how popular the last name Vaclavik is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Vaclavik.

Vaclavik, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Vaclavik surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Vaclavik in America

Vaclavik is the 58735th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Vaclavik surname appeared 345 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Vaclavik.

We can also compare 2010 data for Vaclavik to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Vaclavik

The surname Vaclavik is of Czech origin and can be traced back to the 14th century. It is derived from the Czech personal name "Vaclav", which is a variant of the Slavic name "Venceslav". The name Venceslav is composed of the Slavic elements "venets" meaning "wreath" and "slava" meaning "glory".

Vaclavik is a patronymic surname, meaning it was originally formed by adding the possessive suffix "-ik" to the personal name Vaclav. This indicated that the person was the son or descendant of someone named Vaclav. The earliest recorded examples of the surname Vaclavik can be found in historical records from the regions of Bohemia and Moravia, which were part of the medieval Kingdom of Bohemia.

One of the earliest known bearers of the surname was Jan Vaclavik, who was mentioned in a legal document from the city of Prague in 1387. Another early record is of a Vaclav Vaclavik, who was a landowner in the village of Litovice in the 15th century.

In the 16th century, a notable figure with the surname Vaclavik was Mikuláš Vaclavik (1548-1625), a Czech Protestant reformer and author who wrote several religious works. Later, in the 18th century, there was a record of a Jakub Vaclavik (1709-1783), who was a renowned clockmaker and inventor from the town of Olomouc.

Other historical figures with the surname include Vojtěch Vaclavik (1810-1879), a Czech painter and art teacher, and Josef Vaclavik (1892-1966), a Czech politician and member of the Czechoslovak National Assembly.

The Vaclavik surname has also been found in various spellings throughout history, such as Waczlawik, Waczlawyk, and Waclavík, reflecting the linguistic and regional variations in the Czech lands over time.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Vaclavik

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Vaclavik.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Vaclavik was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Vaclavik has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Vaclavik was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

If you have a correction or suggestion to improve the history of Vaclavik, please contact us.

Reference this page

We spend a lot of resources downloading, cleaning, merging, and formatting the data that is shown on the site.

If you found the data or information on this page useful in your research, please use the tool below to properly cite or reference Name Census as the source. We appreciate your support!