Czech surnames
Příhoda: what the name means
Příhoda means “an event”.
In January 2017, 2,545 people in Czechia were named Příhoda or Příhodová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha326
- Around Jihlava88
- Around Humpolec72
- Around Šumperk62
- Around Chrudim56
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 Prihoda.
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 Příhoda mean?
Příhoda means “an event”.
How many people are called Příhoda in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,545 people in Czechia were named Příhoda or Příhodová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Příhoda most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (326), Jihlava (88), Humpolec (72).