Czech surnames
Čapek: what the name means
Čapek means “little stork”.
In January 2017, 6,346 people in Czechia were named Čapek or Čapková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha849
- Around Havlíčkův Brod223
- Around Hradec Králové178
- Around České Budějovice173
- Around Pardubice160
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 Capek.
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 Čapek mean?
Čapek means “little stork”.
How many people are called Čapek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 6,346 people in Czechia were named Čapek or Čapková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Čapek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (849), Havlíčkův Brod (223), Hradec Králové (178).