Czech surnames
Prchal: what the name means
Prchal: he fled — perhaps a runaway serf, or a man losing his hair.
In January 2017, 3,174 people in Czechia were named Prchal or Prchalová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha369
- Around Jihlava232
- Around Havlíčkův Brod138
- Around Brno121
- Around Světlá nad Sázavou111
Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.
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 Prchal mean?
Prchal: he fled — perhaps a runaway serf, or a man losing his hair.
How many people are called Prchal in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,174 people in Czechia were named Prchal or Prchalová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Prchal most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (369), Jihlava (232), Havlíčkův Brod (138).