Czech surnames
Ryšavý: what the name means
Ryšavý: red-haired.
In January 2017, 3,606 people in Czechia were named Ryšavý or Ryšavá (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha339
- Around Brno257
- Around Jihlava129
- Around Šlapanice128
- Around Pardubice94
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 Rysavy.
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 Ryšavý mean?
Ryšavý: red-haired.
How many people are called Ryšavý in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,606 people in Czechia were named Ryšavý or Ryšavá, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Ryšavý most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (339), Brno (257), Jihlava (129).