Czech surnames
Němec: what the name means
Němec means “German”: or someone who spoke it, or came from German-speaking parts.
In January 2017, 22,653 people in Czechia were named Němec or Němcová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha2,319
- Around Brno904
- Around Ostrava666
- Around České Budějovice447
- Around Pardubice390
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 Nemec.
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 Němec mean?
Němec means “German”: or someone who spoke it, or came from German-speaking parts.
How many people are called Němec in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 22,653 people in Czechia were named Němec or Němcová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Němec most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (2,319), Brno (904), Ostrava (666).