Czech surnames
Spáčil: what the name means
Spáčil: he defied — from the dialect verb spáčit, to resist.
In January 2017, 2,915 people in Czechia were named Spáčil or Spáčilová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Olomouc411
- Around Brno183
- Around Prostějov169
- Around Přerov156
- Around Praha135
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 Spacil.
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 Spáčil mean?
Spáčil: he defied — from the dialect verb spáčit, to resist.
How many people are called Spáčil in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,915 people in Czechia were named Spáčil or Spáčilová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Spáčil most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Olomouc (411), Brno (183), Prostějov (169).