Czech surnames
Černoch: what the name means
Černoch: from černý “black” — a nickname for a man with dark skin or hair.
In January 2017, 2,341 people in Czechia were named Černoch or Černochová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Nový Jičín314
- Around Praha217
- Around Valašské Meziříčí103
- Around Frenštát pod Radhoštěm87
- Around Brno69
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 Cernoch.
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 Černoch mean?
Černoch: from černý “black” — a nickname for a man with dark skin or hair.
How many people are called Černoch in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,341 people in Czechia were named Černoch or Černochová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Černoch most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Nový Jičín (314), Praha (217), Valašské Meziříčí (103).