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Kašpárek: what the name means

Kašpárek: little Kašpar — from the first name Kašpar (Jasper).

In January 2017, 2,989 people in Czechia were named Kašpárek or Kašpárková (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 Kasparek.

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 Kašpárek mean?

Kašpárek: little Kašpar — from the first name Kašpar (Jasper).

How many people are called Kašpárek in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 2,989 people in Czechia were named Kašpárek or Kašpárková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Kašpárek most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (229), Brno (137), Přerov (134).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Kašpárek: 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)