Czech surnames
Hlaváč: what the name means
Hlaváč means “big-head”: a stubborn or clever man.
In January 2017, 6,366 people in Czechia were named Hlaváč or Hlaváčová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha525
- Around Brno251
- Around Ostrava239
- Around Mladá Boleslav203
- Around Plzeň202
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 Hlavac.
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 Hlaváč mean?
Hlaváč means “big-head”: a stubborn or clever man.
How many people are called Hlaváč in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 6,366 people in Czechia were named Hlaváč or Hlaváčová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Hlaváč most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (525), Brno (251), Ostrava (239).