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Czech surnames

Jirásek: what the name means

Jirásek: from the first name Jiří (George).

In January 2017, 4,825 people in Czechia were named Jirásek or Jirásková (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 Jirasek.

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 Jirásek mean?

Jirásek: from the first name Jiří (George).

How many people are called Jirásek in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 4,825 people in Czechia were named Jirásek or Jirásková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Jirásek most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (741), Náchod (311), Chrudim (226).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Jirásek: en.wikipedia.org
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)