Czech surnames
Bílek: what the name means
Bílek means “the white one”: fair hair or skin.
In January 2017, 9,005 people in Czechia were named Bílek or Bílková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,003
- Around Brno326
- Around Frýdek-Místek233
- Around Hodonín218
- Around Ostrava180
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 Bilek.
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 Bílek mean?
Bílek means “the white one”: fair hair or skin.
How many people are called Bílek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 9,005 people in Czechia were named Bílek or Bílková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Bílek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,003), Brno (326), Frýdek-Místek (233).