Czech surnames
Dušek: what the name means
Dušek: from the first name Duchoslav, or duše, “soul”.
In January 2017, 10,739 people in Czechia were named Dušek or Dušková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,457
- Around Hradec Králové388
- Around Pardubice256
- Around Lanškroun247
- Around Chrudim237
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 Dusek.
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 Dušek mean?
Dušek: from the first name Duchoslav, or duše, “soul”.
How many people are called Dušek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 10,739 people in Czechia were named Dušek or Dušková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Dušek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,457), Hradec Králové (388), Pardubice (256).