Czech surnames
Pavelka: what the name means
Pavelka: from Pavelka, a pet form of the first name Pavel (Paul).
In January 2017, 7,358 people in Czechia were named Pavelka or Pavelková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha578
- Around Ostrava321
- Around Opava284
- Around Brno257
- Around Frýdek-Místek174
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 Pavelka mean?
Pavelka: from Pavelka, a pet form of the first name Pavel (Paul).
How many people are called Pavelka in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 7,358 people in Czechia were named Pavelka or Pavelková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Pavelka most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (578), Ostrava (321), Opava (284).