Czech surnames
Hlaváček: what the name means
Hlaváček means “little head”: or the adonis flower.
In January 2017, 7,126 people in Czechia were named Hlaváček or Hlaváčková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha981
- Around Brno217
- Around Pardubice210
- Around Blansko188
- Around Černošice156
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 Hlavacek.
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 Hlaváček mean?
Hlaváček means “little head”: or the adonis flower.
How many people are called Hlaváček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 7,126 people in Czechia were named Hlaváček or Hlaváčková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Hlaváček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (981), Brno (217), Pardubice (210).