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Musil: what the name means

Musil means “he had to”: a man made to do something, perhaps work or serve.

In January 2017, 13,599 people in Czechia were named Musil or Musilová (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 Musil mean?

Musil means “he had to”: a man made to do something, perhaps work or serve.

How many people are called Musil in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 13,599 people in Czechia were named Musil or Musilová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Musil most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,239), Brno (977), Blansko (667).

Sources

  1. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)