Czech surnames
Janeček: what the name means
Janeček means “little Jan”.
In January 2017, 8,698 people in Czechia were named Janeček or Janečková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,087
- Around Prostějov294
- Around Ostrava273
- Around Brno264
- Around Liberec207
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 Janecek.
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 Janeček mean?
Janeček means “little Jan”.
How many people are called Janeček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 8,698 people in Czechia were named Janeček or Janečková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Janeček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,087), Prostějov (294), Ostrava (273).