Czech surnames
Tomášek: what the name means
Tomášek means “little Thomas”.
In January 2017, 7,407 people in Czechia were named Tomášek or Tomášková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha737
- Around Plzeň294
- Around Ostrava226
- Around Hradec Králové202
- Around Olomouc145
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 Tomasek.
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 Tomášek mean?
Tomášek means “little Thomas”.
How many people are called Tomášek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 7,407 people in Czechia were named Tomášek or Tomášková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Tomášek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (737), Plzeň (294), Ostrava (226).