Czech surnames
Dolejš: what the name means
Dolejš: the lower one — living lower down, to tell namesakes apart.
In January 2017, 2,886 people in Czechia were named Dolejš or Dolejšová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha589
- Around Plzeň121
- Around Černošice117
- Around Nýřany97
- Around Kladno61
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 Dolejs.
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 Dolejš mean?
Dolejš: the lower one — living lower down, to tell namesakes apart.
How many people are called Dolejš in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,886 people in Czechia were named Dolejš or Dolejšová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Dolejš most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (589), Plzeň (121), Černošice (117).