Czech surnames
Boček: what the name means
Boček: a diminutive of the surname Bok, or from levoboček “illegitimate child”.
In January 2017, 3,722 people in Czechia were named Boček or Bočková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha332
- Around Brno236
- Around Uherské Hradiště151
- Around České Budějovice142
- Around Kravaře134
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 Bocek.
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 Boček mean?
Boček: a diminutive of the surname Bok, or from levoboček “illegitimate child”.
How many people are called Boček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,722 people in Czechia were named Boček or Bočková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Boček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (332), Brno (236), Uherské Hradiště (151).