Czech surnames
Dočekal: what the name means
Dočekal: “he lived to see” or “he waited for”.
In January 2017, 2,496 people in Czechia were named Dočekal or Dočekalová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha205
- Around Brno198
- Around Jihlava181
- Around Třebíč178
- Around Znojmo117
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 Docekal.
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 Dočekal mean?
Dočekal: “he lived to see” or “he waited for”.
How many people are called Dočekal in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,496 people in Czechia were named Dočekal or Dočekalová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Dočekal most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (205), Brno (198), Jihlava (181).