Czech surnames
Kroupa: what the name means
Kroupa means “hailstone”: or kroupy, barley groats.
In January 2017, 5,520 people in Czechia were named Kroupa or Kroupová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha600
- Around Brno265
- Around Prostějov182
- Around Mladá Boleslav126
- Around České Budějovice118
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 Kroupa mean?
Kroupa means “hailstone”: or kroupy, barley groats.
How many people are called Kroupa in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 5,520 people in Czechia were named Kroupa or Kroupová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Kroupa most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (600), Brno (265), Prostějov (182).