Czech surnames
Jeřábek: what the name means
Jeřábek means “little rowan tree”: or a small crane, the bird.
In January 2017, 7,173 people in Czechia were named Jeřábek or Jeřábková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha966
- Around Brno306
- Around Kolín199
- Around Ostrava160
- Around Třebíč152
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 Jerabek.
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 Jeřábek mean?
Jeřábek means “little rowan tree”: or a small crane, the bird.
How many people are called Jeřábek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 7,173 people in Czechia were named Jeřábek or Jeřábková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Jeřábek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (966), Brno (306), Kolín (199).