Czech surnames
Hruška: what the name means
Hruška means “pear”: perhaps a man by a pear tree.
In January 2017, 10,650 people in Czechia were named Hruška or Hrušková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,350
- Around Ostrava307
- Around Benešov274
- Around Brno269
- Around Tábor255
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 Hruska.
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 Hruška mean?
Hruška means “pear”: perhaps a man by a pear tree.
How many people are called Hruška in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 10,650 people in Czechia were named Hruška or Hrušková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Hruška most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,350), Ostrava (307), Benešov (274).