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Burian: what the name means

Burian: from the first name Burian.

In January 2017, 5,696 people in Czechia were named Burian or Burianová (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 Burian mean?

Burian: from the first name Burian.

How many people are called Burian in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 5,696 people in Czechia were named Burian or Burianová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Burian most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (733), Brno (394), Velké Meziříčí (140).

Sources

  1. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)