Czech surnames
Sedlář: what the name means
Sedlář means “saddler”.
In January 2017, 2,623 people in Czechia were named Sedlář or Sedlářová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Zlín151
- Around Kyjov145
- Around Praha127
- Around Ostrava114
- Around Veselí nad Moravou113
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 Sedlar.
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 Sedlář mean?
Sedlář means “saddler”.
How many people are called Sedlář in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,623 people in Czechia were named Sedlář or Sedlářová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Sedlář most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Zlín (151), Kyjov (145), Praha (127).