Czech surnames
Ježek: what the name means
Ježek means “hedgehog”: perhaps spiky hair or a prickly man.
In January 2017, 8,878 people in Czechia were named Ježek or Ježková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,051
- Around Plzeň271
- Around Hradec Králové246
- Around Liberec232
- Around Příbram207
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 Jezek.
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 Ježek mean?
Ježek means “hedgehog”: perhaps spiky hair or a prickly man.
How many people are called Ježek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 8,878 people in Czechia were named Ježek or Ježková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Ježek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,051), Plzeň (271), Hradec Králové (246).