Czech surnames
Havlíček: what the name means
Havlíček means “little Havel”: from the first name Havel (Gall).
In January 2017, 10,495 people in Czechia were named Havlíček or Havlíčková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,126
- Around Brno577
- Around Plzeň238
- Around Jihlava228
- Around Hradec Králové214
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 Havlicek.
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 Havlíček mean?
Havlíček means “little Havel”: from the first name Havel (Gall).
How many people are called Havlíček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 10,495 people in Czechia were named Havlíček or Havlíčková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Havlíček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,126), Brno (577), Plzeň (238).