Czech surnames
Váňa: what the name means
Váňa: from a pet form of the first name Václav (Wenceslas).
In January 2017, 6,273 people in Czechia were named Váňa or Váňová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha804
- Around Luhačovice159
- Around Pelhřimov149
- Around Kolín132
- Around Zlín127
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 Vana.
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 Váňa mean?
Váňa: from a pet form of the first name Václav (Wenceslas).
How many people are called Váňa in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 6,273 people in Czechia were named Váňa or Váňová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Váňa most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (804), Luhačovice (159), Pelhřimov (149).