Czech surnames
Šafář: what the name means
Šafář means “bailiff”: overseer of farm work on an estate.
In January 2017, 2,828 people in Czechia were named Šafář or Šafářová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha373
- Around České Budějovice132
- Around Zábřeh129
- Around Brno110
- Around Boskovice99
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 Safar.
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 Šafář mean?
Šafář means “bailiff”: overseer of farm work on an estate.
How many people are called Šafář in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,828 people in Czechia were named Šafář or Šafářová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Šafář most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (373), České Budějovice (132), Zábřeh (129).