Czech surnames
Kratochvíl: what the name means
Kratochvíl means “pastime, amusement”: a fun-loving man.
In January 2017, 14,733 people in Czechia were named Kratochvíl or Kratochvílová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,944
- Around Brno665
- Around Třebíč329
- Around Jihlava291
- Around Kolín285
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 Kratochvil.
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 Kratochvíl mean?
Kratochvíl means “pastime, amusement”: a fun-loving man.
How many people are called Kratochvíl in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 14,733 people in Czechia were named Kratochvíl or Kratochvílová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Kratochvíl most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,944), Brno (665), Třebíč (329).