Czech surnames
Mašek: what the name means
Mašek: from the first name Matěj or Tomáš.
In January 2017, 10,963 people in Czechia were named Mašek or Mašková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,416
- Around Plzeň477
- Around České Budějovice299
- Around Brno282
- Around Černošice224
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 Masek.
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 Mašek mean?
Mašek: from the first name Matěj or Tomáš.
How many people are called Mašek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 10,963 people in Czechia were named Mašek or Mašková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Mašek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,416), Plzeň (477), České Budějovice (299).