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Czech surnames

Hrdina: what the name means

Hrdina: hero.

In January 2017, 3,624 people in Czechia were named Hrdina or Hrdinová (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 Hrdina mean?

Hrdina: hero.

How many people are called Hrdina in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 3,624 people in Czechia were named Hrdina or Hrdinová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Hrdina most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (505), Žamberk (203), Brno (135).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Hrdina: en.wikipedia.org
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)