Czech surnames
Slezák: what the name means
Slezák means “Silesian”: a man from Silesia.
In January 2017, 5,142 people in Czechia were named Slezák or Slezáková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha441
- Around Brno318
- Around Hradec Králové173
- Around Ostrava171
- Around Zlín160
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 Slezak.
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 Slezák mean?
Slezák means “Silesian”: a man from Silesia.
How many people are called Slezák in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 5,142 people in Czechia were named Slezák or Slezáková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Slezák most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (441), Brno (318), Hradec Králové (173).