Czech surnames
Štěrba: what the name means
Štěrba means “gap, crevice”: a man with gappy teeth.
In January 2017, 4,748 people in Czechia were named Štěrba or Štěrbová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha394
- Around Uherské Hradiště167
- Around Ostrava144
- Around Hradec Králové115
- Around Vyškov115
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 Sterba.
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 Štěrba mean?
Štěrba means “gap, crevice”: a man with gappy teeth.
How many people are called Štěrba in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 4,748 people in Czechia were named Štěrba or Štěrbová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Štěrba most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (394), Uherské Hradiště (167), Ostrava (144).