Czech surnames
Hrubý: what the name means
Hrubý means “coarse, rough, big”.
In January 2017, 10,398 people in Czechia were named Hrubý or Hrubá (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,271
- Around Ostrava374
- Around Plzeň347
- Around Brno320
- Around Prostějov274
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 Hruby.
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 Hrubý mean?
Hrubý means “coarse, rough, big”.
How many people are called Hrubý in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 10,398 people in Czechia were named Hrubý or Hrubá, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Hrubý most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,271), Ostrava (374), Plzeň (347).