Czech surnames
Václavík: what the name means
Václavík means “little Václav”: from the first name Václav (Wenceslas).
In January 2017, 4,685 people in Czechia were named Václavík or Václavíková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Vsetín359
- Around Praha347
- Around Ostrava321
- Around Frýdek-Místek136
- Around Kravaře132
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 Vaclavik.
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 Václavík mean?
Václavík means “little Václav”: from the first name Václav (Wenceslas).
How many people are called Václavík in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 4,685 people in Czechia were named Václavík or Václavíková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Václavík most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Vsetín (359), Praha (347), Ostrava (321).