Czech surnames
Koláček: what the name means
Koláček: little cake — perhaps a nickname for a baker or a lover of kolache.
In January 2017, 3,102 people in Czechia were named Koláček or Koláčková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Brno271
- Around Praha192
- Around Rožnov pod Radhoštěm148
- Around Kuřim104
- Around Židlochovice100
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 Kolacek.
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 Koláček mean?
Koláček: little cake — perhaps a nickname for a baker or a lover of kolache.
How many people are called Koláček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,102 people in Czechia were named Koláček or Koláčková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Koláček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Brno (271), Praha (192), Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (148).