Czech surnames
Kopečný: what the name means
Kopečný means “of the hill”: a name for someone living by a hill.
In January 2017, 2,259 people in Czechia were named Kopečný or Kopečná (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Olomouc196
- Around Prostějov140
- Around Brno136
- Around Praha134
- Around Třebíč124
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 Kopecny.
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 Kopečný mean?
Kopečný means “of the hill”: a name for someone living by a hill.
How many people are called Kopečný in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,259 people in Czechia were named Kopečný or Kopečná, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Kopečný most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Olomouc (196), Prostějov (140), Brno (136).