Czech surnames
Šimek: what the name means
Šimek: from the first name Šimon (Simon).
In January 2017, 14,312 people in Czechia were named Šimek or Šimková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,584
- Around České Budějovice432
- Around Brno364
- Around Olomouc310
- Around Jihlava282
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 Simek.
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 Šimek mean?
Šimek: from the first name Šimon (Simon).
How many people are called Šimek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 14,312 people in Czechia were named Šimek or Šimková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Šimek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,584), České Budějovice (432), Brno (364).