Czech surnames
Heřman: what the name means
Heřman: from the first name Heřman (Herman).
In January 2017, 2,430 people in Czechia were named Heřman or Heřmanová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha397
- Around Plzeň130
- Around Benešov98
- Around České Budějovice92
- Around Blovice69
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 Herman.
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 Heřman mean?
Heřman: from the first name Heřman (Herman).
How many people are called Heřman in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,430 people in Czechia were named Heřman or Heřmanová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Heřman most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (397), Plzeň (130), Benešov (98).