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Jirků: what the name means

Jirků: Jirka’s — from the first name Jiří (George).

In January 2017, 1,605 people in Czechia were named Jirků or Jirkůová (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 Jirku.

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 Jirků mean?

Jirků: Jirka’s — from the first name Jiří (George).

How many people are called Jirků in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 1,605 people in Czechia were named Jirků or Jirkůová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Jirků most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (204), Jihlava (97), Jindřichův Hradec (77).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Jirků: 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)