Czech surnames
Procházka: what the name means
Procházka means “a walk, a stroll”: a wanderer, someone who came walking from elsewhere.
In January 2017, 32,283 people in Czechia were named Procházka or Procházková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha4,574
- Around Brno1,535
- Around Kladno664
- Around Černošice582
- Around Olomouc582
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 Prochazka.
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 Procházka mean?
Procházka means “a walk, a stroll”: a wanderer, someone who came walking from elsewhere.
How many people are called Procházka in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 32,283 people in Czechia were named Procházka or Procházková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Procházka most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (4,574), Brno (1,535), Kladno (664).