Czech surnames
Kříž: what the name means
Kříž means “cross”: someone who lived by a wayside cross.
In January 2017, 14,575 people in Czechia were named Kříž or Křížová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,674
- Around Brno936
- Around České Budějovice348
- Around Šlapanice256
- Around Ústí nad Labem250
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 Kriz.
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 Kříž mean?
Kříž means “cross”: someone who lived by a wayside cross.
How many people are called Kříž in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 14,575 people in Czechia were named Kříž or Křížová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Kříž most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,674), Brno (936), České Budějovice (348).