Czech surnames
Petřík: what the name means
Petřík means “little Petr”: from the first name Petr (Peter).
In January 2017, 4,626 people in Czechia were named Petřík or Petříková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha452
- Around Ostrava167
- Around Brno155
- Around Zlín144
- Around Hradec Králové115
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 Petrik.
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 Petřík mean?
Petřík means “little Petr”: from the first name Petr (Peter).
How many people are called Petřík in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 4,626 people in Czechia were named Petřík or Petříková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Petřík most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (452), Ostrava (167), Brno (155).