Czech surnames
Macháček: what the name means
Macháček means “little Mach”: from the first name Matěj.
In January 2017, 9,683 people in Czechia were named Macháček or Macháčková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,116
- Around Brno307
- Around Hradec Králové223
- Around Pardubice191
- Around Chrudim182
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 Machacek.
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 Macháček mean?
Macháček means “little Mach”: from the first name Matěj.
How many people are called Macháček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 9,683 people in Czechia were named Macháček or Macháčková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Macháček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,116), Brno (307), Hradec Králové (223).