Czech surnames
Horáček: what the name means
Horáček means “little highlander”.
In January 2017, 8,601 people in Czechia were named Horáček or Horáčková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,041
- Around Brno341
- Around Liberec243
- Around Hradec Králové197
- Around Kolín188
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 Horacek.
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 Horáček mean?
Horáček means “little highlander”.
How many people are called Horáček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 8,601 people in Czechia were named Horáček or Horáčková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Horáček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,041), Brno (341), Liberec (243).