Czech surnames
Pokorný: what the name means
Pokorný means “humble, meek”.
In January 2017, 21,746 people in Czechia were named Pokorný or Pokorná (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha2,852
- Around Brno1,284
- Around Kladno480
- Around Znojmo435
- Around Třebíč410
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 Pokorny.
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 Pokorný mean?
Pokorný means “humble, meek”.
How many people are called Pokorný in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 21,746 people in Czechia were named Pokorný or Pokorná, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Pokorný most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (2,852), Brno (1,284), Kladno (480).