Adamec
Adamec is a surname of Czech and Slovak origin. It comes from the personal name Adam and the Czech/Slovak suffix. Pronounced "a-da-mets", it is occasionally Germanized as Adametz.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Austin Adamec, American musician
- Jiří Adamec, Czech footballer
- Joseph Victor Adamec, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Jozef Adamec, Slovak footballer
- Ladislav Adamec, Czechoslovak prime minister
- Leopold Adametz, Czech-born Austrian zoologist
- Luboš Adamec, Czech sport shooter
- Ludwig W. Adamec, American academic and historian
- Petr Adamec, Czech swimmer
- Quido Adamec, Czech ice hockey referee
- Zdeněk Adamec, Czechoslovak javelin thrower
