Czech surnames
Jonáš: what the name means
Jonáš: from the first name Jonáš (Jonah).
In January 2017, 3,740 people in Czechia were named Jonáš or Jonášová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha417
- Around Brno167
- Around Mladá Boleslav157
- Around Jihlava150
- Around Chrudim121
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 Jonas.
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 Jonáš mean?
Jonáš: from the first name Jonáš (Jonah).
How many people are called Jonáš in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,740 people in Czechia were named Jonáš or Jonášová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Jonáš most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (417), Brno (167), Mladá Boleslav (157).