Czech surnames
Šustr: what the name means
Šustr means “shoemaker”: Czech spelling of the German name Schuster.
In January 2017, 2,667 people in Czechia were named Šustr or Šustrová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha214
- Around Prostějov147
- Around České Budějovice119
- Around Brno102
- Around Chrudim100
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 Sustr.
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 Šustr mean?
Šustr means “shoemaker”: Czech spelling of the German name Schuster.
How many people are called Šustr in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,667 people in Czechia were named Šustr or Šustrová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Šustr most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (214), Prostějov (147), České Budějovice (119).