Czech surnames
Plachý: what the name means
Plachý: shy.
In January 2017, 3,371 people in Czechia were named Plachý or Plachá (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha399
- Around Kyjov132
- Around Olomouc108
- Around Brno99
- Around Kroměříž74
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 Plachy.
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 Plachý mean?
Plachý: shy.
How many people are called Plachý in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,371 people in Czechia were named Plachý or Plachá, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Plachý most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (399), Kyjov (132), Olomouc (108).