Explore the Family Name Vacek

The meaning of Vacek

Czech and Slovak: from a pet form of the personal name Václav (see Vaclav).

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How common is the last name Vacek in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Vacek has seen a slight fluctuation in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Vacek ranked 18,982 in popularity with a count of 1,328, equating to a proportion of 0.49 per 100,000. By 2010, the surname had increased in occurrence to 1,418 but dropped slightly in rank to 19,152. The proportion per 100,000 also decreased by 2.04%, slipping to 0.48. Despite this minor change, the overall count of individuals bearing the surname Vacek grew by 6.78%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#18,982	#19,152	-0.9%
Count	1,328	1,418	6.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.49	0.48	-2.04%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Vacek

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Vacek was primarily White, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. In both 2000 and 2010, those who identified as White made up over 96% of individuals with the surname. However, there were noticeable changes in other ethnic identities. The percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased by 65.79%, moving from 0.38% in 2000 to 0.63% in 2010. Likewise, those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase of 76.47%, from 0.68% to 1.20%. Conversely, the percentage of individuals identifying as two or more races decreased by 35.71%, dropping from 0.98% in 2000 to 0.63% in 2010. There were no reported instances of Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities associated with the surname Vacek in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.74%	96.97%	-0.79%
Hispanic	0.68%	1.2%	76.47%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.38%	0.63%	65.79%
Two or More Races	0.98%	0.63%	-35.71%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%