Czech surnames
Krátký: what the name means
Krátký means “short”.
In January 2017, 6,172 people in Czechia were named Krátký or Krátká (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha730
- Around Brno219
- Around Prostějov190
- Around Třebíč160
- Around Olomouc152
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 Kratky.
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 Krátký mean?
Krátký means “short”.
How many people are called Krátký in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 6,172 people in Czechia were named Krátký or Krátká, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Krátký most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (730), Brno (219), Prostějov (190).