Czech surnames
Dlouhý: what the name means
Dlouhý means “tall, long”.
In January 2017, 5,791 people in Czechia were named Dlouhý or Dlouhá (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha752
- Around Kladno241
- Around Ostrava172
- Around Liberec151
- Around Mladá Boleslav139
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 Dlouhy.
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 Dlouhý mean?
Dlouhý means “tall, long”.
How many people are called Dlouhý in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 5,791 people in Czechia were named Dlouhý or Dlouhá, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Dlouhý most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (752), Kladno (241), Ostrava (172).