Czech surnames
Čech: what the name means
Čech means “Czech”: a man from Bohemia, often given outside it.
In January 2017, 13,196 people in Czechia were named Čech or Čechová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,166
- Around Brno676
- Around Ostrava358
- Around Plzeň329
- Around Třebíč293
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 Cech.
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 Čech mean?
Čech means “Czech”: a man from Bohemia, often given outside it.
How many people are called Čech in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 13,196 people in Czechia were named Čech or Čechová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Čech most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,166), Brno (676), Ostrava (358).