Czech surnames
Šváb: what the name means
Šváb means “a Swabian”: a man from Swabia in Germany.
In January 2017, 2,564 people in Czechia were named Šváb or Švábová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha371
- Around Brno88
- Around Zábřeh74
- Around Blansko68
- Around Plzeň61
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 Svab.
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 Šváb mean?
Šváb means “a Swabian”: a man from Swabia in Germany.
How many people are called Šváb in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,564 people in Czechia were named Šváb or Švábová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Šváb most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (371), Brno (88), Zábřeh (74).