Adamec is a surname originating from the Austrian/Czech area of Central Europe. Pronounced "a-da-METS", it is possibly Germanic in origin and may be a localized adaptation of the German/Austrian surname Adametz (the final C in the name is pronounced as TZ in the Czech language).
Notable people with the surname include:
Austin Adamec (born 1988), American musicianJiří Adamec (born 1982), Czech footballerJoseph Victor Adamec (born 1935), American Roman Catholic bishopJozef Adamec (born 1942), Slovak footballerLadislav Adamec (1926-2007), Czechoslovakian prime ministerLuboš Adamec (born 1959), Czech sport shooterLudwig W. Adamec (born 1924), American academic and historianPetr Adamec (born 1960), Czech swimmerZdeněk Adamec (born 1956), Czechoslovakian javelin thrower