Czech surnames
Kovařík: what the name means
Kovařík means “little smith”.
In January 2017, 7,362 people in Czechia were named Kovařík or Kovaříková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha822
- Around Brno355
- Around Olomouc227
- Around Ostrava191
- Around Prostějov190
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 Kovarik.
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 Kovařík mean?
Kovařík means “little smith”.
How many people are called Kovařík in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 7,362 people in Czechia were named Kovařík or Kovaříková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Kovařík most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (822), Brno (355), Olomouc (227).