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Czech surnames

Boháč: what the name means

Boháč means “rich man”.

In January 2017, 4,745 people in Czechia were named Boháč or Boháčová (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

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 Bohac.

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 Boháč mean?

Boháč means “rich man”.

How many people are called Boháč in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 4,745 people in Czechia were named Boháč or Boháčová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Boháč most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (592), Ostrava (201), Tábor (180).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Boháč: en.wikipedia.org
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)