The Nemec surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,199 people carried this name — #10,075 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 92,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,180 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 78 people named Nemec live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 27
Entre Ríos 21
Tucumán 18
Santa Fe 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

50 people named Nemec have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 97 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Łódź 15
Greater Poland 10
Lower Silesian 8
Lubusz 5
Masovian 5
Lesser Poland 3
Subcarpathian 2
Podlaskie 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

46 people named Nemec live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 11
Aargau 10
Lucerne 7
Basel-Landschaft 4
Geneva 4
Graubünden 4
Bern 3
Zug 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 29 people named Nemec.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Ardennes.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Ardennes 5
Meuse 2
Moselle 2
Nord 2
Paris 2
Yvelines 2
Gard 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In national population registers

1,250 people named Nemec are counted in Slovenia and Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Slovenia counts its residents on 1 January 2026. It is the 112th most common surname there.

Counted, by country

Slovenia (2026) 1,227
Sweden (2022) 23

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), SiStat tables 05X1015S–05X1018S, family names of the population, 1 January 2026 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Nemec in American newspapers,
1913–1939.

Newspaper page from Der Nordstern carrying the name Nemec
Der Nordstern 1913-09-25
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Nemec
The Washington Herald 1920-06-05
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Nemec
Evening Star 1939-06-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,364 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Nemec in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1970s.

42 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Nemec. The most, 20, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 17
ACT (Canberra) 6
Northern Territory 6
South Australia 5
Queensland 4
Victoria 2
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Nemec.

Who carried it

People named Nemec,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Horst Nemec
    Horst Nemec 1939–1984 · association football player
  • Marcel Nemec
    Marcel Nemec 1971–2024 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Horst Nemec: Jack de Nijs for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en); Marcel Nemec: TV JOJ, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) · 75 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Nemec,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States524 records

524 records of the Nemec name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 152
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 125
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 99
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 75
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frank Nemec

    Born 1915 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Greensburg; salesperson from Allegheny County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Blairsville Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Adolf Nemec

    Arrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Pretoria from Hamburg, aged 24; shoemaker. From Shorice, Austria. Born in Tuzsko, Austria.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joseph F. Nemec

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1895, died 1961; buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 524 records for Nemec in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia11 records

11 records of the Nemec name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 10
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Antonia Nemec

    Retired of Brunswick, Victoria; died 1972.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ivan Nemec

    Musician of St Kilda, Victoria; died 1997.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Gertrud Margaret Nemec

    Mail officer of Williamstown, Victoria; died 1981.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Nemec in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France10 records

10 records of the Nemec name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Helena Nemec

    Born 1926 in Vouziers (Ardennes); died 1985 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Sandro Nemec

    Born 1951 in Thionville (Moselle); died 1993 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Roland Raymond Nemec

    Born 1918 in Paris; died 1989 in the United States.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Nemec in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Nemec name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Nemec

    Buried in 1988 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 86.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Bohumil Nemec

    Buried in 1994 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Rudolph Nemec

    Buried in 1962 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Nemec in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands4 records

4 records of the Nemec name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 2
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Hildegard Leopoldina Nemec

    Died 1941 in Zeist, aged 31.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Emma Nemec

    Married in 1939 in Heemstede.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Valerie Nemec

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1909 in Weenen.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Nemec in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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