as a Last Name
- 3,426
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Nemec
Meaning & Origins
Czech and Slovak (Němec): ethnic name for a German or German-speaker, from němec ‘German’. In Old Czech this word was used to denote any foreigner, being derived from němý ‘mute’, referring to an inability to speak Czech. This name is also found in Germany.
| 9,457th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,426
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Nemec per capita
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