Czech surnames
Krejčí: what the name means
Krejčí means “tailor”.
In January 2017, 12,307 people in Czechia were named Krejčí.
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,084
- Around Brno985
- Around Olomouc322
- Around Ostrava293
- Around Prostějov219
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 Krejci.
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 Krejčí mean?
Krejčí means “tailor”.
How many people are called Krejčí in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 12,307 people in Czechia were named Krejčí, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Krejčí most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,084), Brno (985), Olomouc (322).