Czech surnames
Hora: what the name means
Hora: mountain — a man from the hills or near a forest, or from a village called Hora.
In January 2017, 3,734 people in Czechia were named Hora or Horová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha599
- Around Plzeň293
- Around Kladno133
- Around Slaný122
- Around Teplice81
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 Hora mean?
Hora: mountain — a man from the hills or near a forest, or from a village called Hora.
How many people are called Hora in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,734 people in Czechia were named Hora or Horová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Hora most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (599), Plzeň (293), Kladno (133).