Czech surnames
Hanák: what the name means
Hanák: a man from Haná, the plain of central Moravia.
In January 2017, 7,217 people in Czechia were named Hanák or Hanáková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Brno714
- Around Praha366
- Around Olomouc303
- Around Prostějov242
- Around Uherské Hradiště242
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 Hanak.
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 Hanák mean?
Hanák: a man from Haná, the plain of central Moravia.
How many people are called Hanák in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 7,217 people in Czechia were named Hanák or Hanáková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Hanák most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Brno (714), Praha (366), Olomouc (303).