Czech surnames
Koutný: what the name means
Koutný means “from the corner”: someone living in a nook of the village or woods.
In January 2017, 3,950 people in Czechia were named Koutný or Koutná (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Olomouc375
- Around Praha205
- Around Brno191
- Around Přerov190
- Around Prostějov127
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 Koutny.
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 Koutný mean?
Koutný means “from the corner”: someone living in a nook of the village or woods.
How many people are called Koutný in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,950 people in Czechia were named Koutný or Koutná, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Koutný most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Olomouc (375), Praha (205), Brno (191).