Czech surnames
Hájek: what the name means
Hájek means “a little grove”: someone who lived by a small wood.
In January 2017, 20,769 people in Czechia were named Hájek or Hájková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha3,008
- Around Brno790
- Around Černošice406
- Around Hradec Králové380
- Around České Budějovice317
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 Hajek.
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 Hájek mean?
Hájek means “a little grove”: someone who lived by a small wood.
How many people are called Hájek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 20,769 people in Czechia were named Hájek or Hájková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Hájek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (3,008), Brno (790), Černošice (406).