Czech surnames
Dolejší: what the name means
Dolejší means “the lower one”: from where he lived in the village.
In January 2017, 2,184 people in Czechia were named Dolejší.
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha364
- Around Jihlava203
- Around České Budějovice122
- Around Havlíčkův Brod94
- Around Tábor65
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 Dolejsi.
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 Dolejší mean?
Dolejší means “the lower one”: from where he lived in the village.
How many people are called Dolejší in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,184 people in Czechia were named Dolejší, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Dolejší most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (364), Jihlava (203), České Budějovice (122).