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Gregor: what the name means

Gregor: from the first name Gregor, the German form of Řehoř (Gregory).

In January 2017, 5,501 people in Czechia were named Gregor or Gregorová (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.

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 Gregor mean?

Gregor: from the first name Gregor, the German form of Řehoř (Gregory).

How many people are called Gregor in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 5,501 people in Czechia were named Gregor or Gregorová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Gregor most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (560), Brno (268), Žďár nad Sázavou (200).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Gregor: dvojka.rozhlas.cz
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)