Czech surnames
Straka: what the name means
Straka means “magpie”: a chatterbox.
In January 2017, 7,552 people in Czechia were named Straka or Straková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha807
- Around Brno313
- Around Šumperk252
- Around Plzeň213
- Around Břeclav179
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 Straka mean?
Straka means “magpie”: a chatterbox.
How many people are called Straka in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 7,552 people in Czechia were named Straka or Straková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Straka most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (807), Brno (313), Šumperk (252).