Czech surnames
Dostál: what the name means
Dostál means “he got (his share)”: perhaps an inheritance.
In January 2017, 12,780 people in Czechia were named Dostál or Dostálová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,004
- Around Olomouc820
- Around Ostrava582
- Around Prostějov572
- Around Brno512
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 Dostal.
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 Dostál mean?
Dostál means “he got (his share)”: perhaps an inheritance.
How many people are called Dostál in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 12,780 people in Czechia were named Dostál or Dostálová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Dostál most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,004), Olomouc (820), Ostrava (582).