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Czech surnames

David: what the name means

David: from the first name David.

In January 2017, 6,177 people in Czechia were named David or Davidová (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

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 David mean?

David: from the first name David.

How many people are called David in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 6,177 people in Czechia were named David or Davidová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name David most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (732), Ostrava (244), Brno (238).

Sources

  1. The meaning of David: dvojka.rozhlas.cz
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)