Czech surnames
Polák: what the name means
Polák means “Pole”: a man from Poland.
In January 2017, 13,964 people in Czechia were named Polák or Poláková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,578
- Around Brno600
- Around Ostrava476
- Around Ústí nad Labem383
- Around Liberec292
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 Polak.
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 Polák mean?
Polák means “Pole”: a man from Poland.
How many people are called Polák in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 13,964 people in Czechia were named Polák or Poláková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Polák most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,578), Brno (600), Ostrava (476).