Czech surnames
Drábek: what the name means
Drábek: a diminutive of Dráb — a dráb was a bailiff’s officer who collected debts.
In January 2017, 4,060 people in Czechia were named Drábek or Drábková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha387
- Around Zlín169
- Around Brno135
- Around Olomouc122
- Around Přerov107
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 Drabek.
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 Drábek mean?
Drábek: a diminutive of Dráb — a dráb was a bailiff’s officer who collected debts.
How many people are called Drábek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 4,060 people in Czechia were named Drábek or Drábková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Drábek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (387), Zlín (169), Brno (135).