Czech surnames
Komárek: what the name means
Komárek means “little mosquito”.
In January 2017, 5,459 people in Czechia were named Komárek or Komárková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha528
- Around Brno325
- Around Prostějov171
- Around Pardubice157
- Around Hradec Králové156
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 Komarek.
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 Komárek mean?
Komárek means “little mosquito”.
How many people are called Komárek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 5,459 people in Czechia were named Komárek or Komárková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Komárek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (528), Brno (325), Prostějov (171).