Czech surnames
Spurný: what the name means
Spurný means “rebellious”: from an Old Czech word.
In January 2017, 2,704 people in Czechia were named Spurný or Spurná (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Olomouc472
- Around Praha258
- Around Prostějov144
- Around Litovel117
- Around Brno114
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 Spurny.
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 Spurný mean?
Spurný means “rebellious”: from an Old Czech word.
How many people are called Spurný in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,704 people in Czechia were named Spurný or Spurná, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Spurný most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Olomouc (472), Praha (258), Prostějov (144).