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Czech surnames

Řehák: what the name means

Řehák: from the first name Řehoř (Gregory).

In January 2017, 6,307 people in Czechia were named Řehák or Řeháková (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

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 Rehak.

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 Řehák mean?

Řehák: from the first name Řehoř (Gregory).

How many people are called Řehák in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 6,307 people in Czechia were named Řehák or Řeháková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Řehák most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (889), Hradec Králové (209), Pardubice (153).

Sources

  1. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)