Czech surnames
Čejka: what the name means
Čejka means “lapwing”.
In January 2017, 4,258 people in Czechia were named Čejka or Čejková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha550
- Around Brno141
- Around Havlíčkův Brod139
- Around České Budějovice124
- Around Plzeň121
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 Cejka.
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 Čejka mean?
Čejka means “lapwing”.
How many people are called Čejka in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 4,258 people in Czechia were named Čejka or Čejková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Čejka most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (550), Brno (141), Havlíčkův Brod (139).