Czech surnames
Liška: what the name means
Liška means “fox”: a cunning man.
In January 2017, 9,839 people in Czechia were named Liška or Lišková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,099
- Around Plzeň520
- Around Brno339
- Around České Budějovice242
- Around Černošice222
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 Liska.
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 Liška mean?
Liška means “fox”: a cunning man.
How many people are called Liška in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 9,839 people in Czechia were named Liška or Lišková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Liška most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,099), Plzeň (520), Brno (339).