Czech surnames
Pelikán: what the name means
Pelikán means “pelican”: probably from a house sign.
In January 2017, 3,878 people in Czechia were named Pelikán or Pelikánová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha453
- Around Brno279
- Around Pardubice92
- Around Žďár nad Sázavou89
- Around Ostrava83
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 Pelikan.
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 Pelikán mean?
Pelikán means “pelican”: probably from a house sign.
How many people are called Pelikán in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,878 people in Czechia were named Pelikán or Pelikánová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Pelikán most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (453), Brno (279), Pardubice (92).