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Hubáček: what the name means

Hubáček: from huba, old Czech for “lips” — probably a man with prominent lips.

In January 2017, 4,013 people in Czechia were named Hubáček or Hubáčková (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

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 Hubacek.

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 Hubáček mean?

Hubáček: from huba, old Czech for “lips” — probably a man with prominent lips.

How many people are called Hubáček in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 4,013 people in Czechia were named Hubáček or Hubáčková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Hubáček most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (360), Uherské Hradiště (307), Zlín (131).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Hubáček: dvojka.rozhlas.cz
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)