Czech surnames
Bednář: what the name means
Bednář means “cooper”: a barrel-maker.
In January 2017, 9,811 people in Czechia were named Bednář or Bednářová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha828
- Around Brno514
- Around Ostrava394
- Around Hradec Králové253
- Around Žamberk234
Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.
In America the name was often written without the Czech accents, so family papers may say Bednar.
To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.
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Questions
What does the surname Bednář mean?
Bednář means “cooper”: a barrel-maker.
How many people are called Bednář in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 9,811 people in Czechia were named Bednář or Bednářová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Bednář most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (828), Brno (514), Ostrava (394).