Czech surnames
Kolář: what the name means
Kolář means “wheelwright”.
In January 2017, 17,119 people in Czechia were named Kolář or Kolářová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,931
- Around Brno612
- Around České Budějovice498
- Around Ostrava468
- Around Tábor390
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 Kolar.
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 Kolář mean?
Kolář means “wheelwright”.
How many people are called Kolář in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 17,119 people in Czechia were named Kolář or Kolářová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Kolář most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,931), Brno (612), České Budějovice (498).