Czech surnames
Sýkora: what the name means
Sýkora means “titmouse”: the small bird.
In January 2017, 11,925 people in Czechia were named Sýkora or Sýkorová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,395
- Around Ostrava777
- Around Brno428
- Around Plzeň399
- Around České Budějovice314
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 Sykora.
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 Sýkora mean?
Sýkora means “titmouse”: the small bird.
How many people are called Sýkora in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 11,925 people in Czechia were named Sýkora or Sýkorová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Sýkora most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,395), Ostrava (777), Brno (428).