Czech surnames
Němeček: what the name means
Němeček means “little German”.
In January 2017, 8,879 people in Czechia were named Němeček or Němečková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,114
- Around Brno387
- Around Plzeň240
- Around Hradec Králové184
- Around Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav155
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 Nemecek.
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 Němeček mean?
Němeček means “little German”.
How many people are called Němeček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 8,879 people in Czechia were named Němeček or Němečková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Němeček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,114), Brno (387), Plzeň (240).