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Brychta: what the name means

Brychta: from the first name Brikcius (Bricius).

In January 2017, 2,363 people in Czechia were named Brychta or Brychtová (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.

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 Brychta mean?

Brychta: from the first name Brikcius (Bricius).

How many people are called Brychta in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 2,363 people in Czechia were named Brychta or Brychtová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Brychta most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Brno (190), Praha (186), Jihlava (174).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Brychta: 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)