Czech surnames
Kulhánek: what the name means
Kulhánek means “the limper”: probably a man who limped.
In January 2017, 4,339 people in Czechia were named Kulhánek or Kulhánková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha554
- Around Hradec Králové169
- Around Pardubice119
- Around Brno119
- Around Jičín110
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 Kulhanek.
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 Kulhánek mean?
Kulhánek means “the limper”: probably a man who limped.
How many people are called Kulhánek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 4,339 people in Czechia were named Kulhánek or Kulhánková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Kulhánek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (554), Hradec Králové (169), Pardubice (119).