Czech surnames
Foltýn: what the name means
Foltýn: from the first name Valentin (Valentine).
In January 2017, 2,447 people in Czechia were named Foltýn or Foltýnová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha218
- Around Kroměříž205
- Around Hodonín157
- Around Brno157
- Around Ostrava126
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 Foltyn.
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 Foltýn mean?
Foltýn: from the first name Valentin (Valentine).
How many people are called Foltýn in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,447 people in Czechia were named Foltýn or Foltýnová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Foltýn most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (218), Kroměříž (205), Hodonín (157).