Czech surnames
Kozel: what the name means
Kozel means “billy goat”.
In January 2017, 3,791 people in Czechia were named Kozel or Kozlová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha315
- Around Brno296
- Around Frýdek-Místek207
- Around Ostrava130
- Around České Budějovice104
Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.
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 Kozel mean?
Kozel means “billy goat”.
How many people are called Kozel in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,791 people in Czechia were named Kozel or Kozlová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Kozel most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (315), Brno (296), Frýdek-Místek (207).