Czech surnames
Kučera: what the name means
Kučera means “a curl”: a man with curly hair.
In January 2017, 30,823 people in Czechia were named Kučera or Kučerová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha3,339
- Around Brno1,401
- Around Ostrava641
- Around Pardubice636
- Around Kladno564
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 Kucera.
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 Kučera mean?
Kučera means “a curl”: a man with curly hair.
How many people are called Kučera in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 30,823 people in Czechia were named Kučera or Kučerová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Kučera most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (3,339), Brno (1,401), Ostrava (641).