Czech surnames
Gajdoš: what the name means
Gajdoš means “bagpiper”.
In January 2017, 2,587 people in Czechia were named Gajdoš or Gajdošová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Ostrava174
- Around Praha125
- Around Vsetín101
- Around Brno89
- Around Břeclav64
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 Gajdos.
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 Gajdoš mean?
Gajdoš means “bagpiper”.
How many people are called Gajdoš in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,587 people in Czechia were named Gajdoš or Gajdošová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Gajdoš most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Ostrava (174), Praha (125), Vsetín (101).