Czech surnames
Hrnčíř: what the name means
Hrnčíř means “potter”.
In January 2017, 2,544 people in Czechia were named Hrnčíř or Hrnčířová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha217
- Around Pelhřimov110
- Around Brno101
- Around Břeclav70
- Around Dobruška68
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 Hrncir.
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 Hrnčíř mean?
Hrnčíř means “potter”.
How many people are called Hrnčíř in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,544 people in Czechia were named Hrnčíř or Hrnčířová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Hrnčíř most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (217), Pelhřimov (110), Brno (101).