Czech surnames
Eliáš: what the name means
Eliáš: from the first name Eliáš (Elijah).
In January 2017, 3,703 people in Czechia were named Eliáš or Eliášová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha367
- Around Brno196
- Around České Budějovice126
- Around Jihlava120
- Around Znojmo94
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 Elias.
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 Eliáš mean?
Eliáš: from the first name Eliáš (Elijah).
How many people are called Eliáš in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,703 people in Czechia were named Eliáš or Eliášová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Eliáš most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (367), Brno (196), České Budějovice (126).