Czech surnames
Suchý: what the name means
Suchý means “dry, thin”.
In January 2017, 7,883 people in Czechia were named Suchý or Suchá (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha858
- Around Brno335
- Around Plzeň298
- Around Kladno180
- Around Jihlava179
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 Suchy.
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 Suchý mean?
Suchý means “dry, thin”.
How many people are called Suchý in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 7,883 people in Czechia were named Suchý or Suchá, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Suchý most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (858), Brno (335), Plzeň (298).