Franek

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Franek.

Proper noun

Franek (plural Franeks)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Franek is the 41959^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 518 individuals. Franek is most common among White (98.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Franek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 597.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfranɛk]

Proper noun

Franek m anim (female equivalent Franková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Franek (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Franek	Frankové
genitive	Franka	Franků
dative	Frankovi	Frankům
accusative	Franka	Franky
vocative	Franku	Frankové
locative	Frankovi	Francích
instrumental	Frankem	Franky

Further reading

• “Franek”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of Franciszek + -ek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfra.nɛk/

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• Rhymes: -anɛk
• Syllabification: Fra‧nek

Proper noun

Franek m pers

1. a diminutive of the male given name Franciszek
2. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Franek

	singular	plural
nominative	Franek	Frankowie
genitive	Franka	Franków
dative	Frankowi	Frankom
accusative	Franka	Franków
instrumental	Frankiem	Frankami
locative	Franku	Frankach
vocative	Franku	Frankowie

Proper noun

Franek f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Descendants

• → English: Franek

Further reading

• Franek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “+”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfraɲek]

Proper noun

Franek m pers (female equivalent Franková or Franeková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Franek (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Franek	Franekovia	Franekovci
genitive	Franeka	Franekov	Franekovcov
dative	Franekovi	Franekom	Franekovcom
accusative	Franeka	Franekov	Franekovcov
locative	Franekovi	Franekoch	Franekovcoch
instrumental	Franekom	Franekmi	Franekovcami

Further reading

• “Franek”, 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, 2003–2025