Czech surnames
Coufal: what the name means
Coufal means “he backed away”: from coufat, to back up.
In January 2017, 4,484 people in Czechia were named Coufal or Coufalová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha360
- Around Olomouc300
- Around Brno277
- Around Jihlava168
- Around Prostějov143
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 Coufal mean?
Coufal means “he backed away”: from coufat, to back up.
How many people are called Coufal in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 4,484 people in Czechia were named Coufal or Coufalová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Coufal most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (360), Olomouc (300), Brno (277).