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Homolka: what the name means

Homolka: little cone — from places named Homole, or a soft, timid person.

In January 2017, 3,130 people in Czechia were named Homolka or Homolková (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.

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 Homolka mean?

Homolka: little cone — from places named Homole, or a soft, timid person.

How many people are called Homolka in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 3,130 people in Czechia were named Homolka or Homolková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Homolka most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (299), České Budějovice (124), Český Krumlov (107).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Homolka: dvojka.rozhlas.cz
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)