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Melichar: what the name means

Melichar: from the first name Melichar (Melchior), one of the Three Kings.

In January 2017, 4,051 people in Czechia were named Melichar or Melicharová (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.

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 Melichar mean?

Melichar: from the first name Melichar (Melchior), one of the Three Kings.

How many people are called Melichar in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 4,051 people in Czechia were named Melichar or Melicharová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Melichar most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (481), Brno (174), Příbram (157).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Melichar: dvojka.rozhlas.cz
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)