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Czech surnames

Sokol: what the name means

Sokol: falcon.

In January 2017, 3,141 people in Czechia were named Sokol or Sokolová (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.

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 Sokol mean?

Sokol: falcon.

How many people are called Sokol in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 3,141 people in Czechia were named Sokol or Sokolová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Sokol most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (285), Domažlice (142), Chrudim (140).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Sokol: en.wikipedia.org
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)