Czech surnames
Sedlák: what the name means
Sedlák means “farmer”: a landholding peasant.
In January 2017, 9,436 people in Czechia were named Sedlák or Sedláková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Brno795
- Around Praha645
- Around Blansko439
- Around Boskovice370
- Around Prostějov231
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 Sedlak.
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 Sedlák mean?
Sedlák means “farmer”: a landholding peasant.
How many people are called Sedlák in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 9,436 people in Czechia were named Sedlák or Sedláková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Sedlák most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Brno (795), Praha (645), Blansko (439).