Czech surnames
Polášek: what the name means
Polášek: from Polach, dialect for “a Pole” — probably someone from or linked to Poland.
In January 2017, 6,068 people in Czechia were named Polášek or Polášková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Ostrava489
- Around Uherské Hradiště349
- Around Kopřivnice333
- Around Zlín314
- Around Kyjov311
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 Polasek.
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 Polášek mean?
Polášek: from Polach, dialect for “a Pole” — probably someone from or linked to Poland.
How many people are called Polášek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 6,068 people in Czechia were named Polášek or Polášková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Polášek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Ostrava (489), Uherské Hradiště (349), Kopřivnice (333).