Czech surnames
Matuška: what the name means
Matuška: from Matúš, a dialect form of the first name Matouš (Matthew).
In January 2017, 3,409 people in Czechia were named Matuška or Matušková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha240
- Around Blansko231
- Around Brno226
- Around Ostrava134
- Around Hradec Králové103
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 Matuska.
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 Matuška mean?
Matuška: from Matúš, a dialect form of the first name Matouš (Matthew).
How many people are called Matuška in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,409 people in Czechia were named Matuška or Matušková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Matuška most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (240), Blansko (231), Brno (226).