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Verner: what the name means

Verner: from the German first name Werner.

In January 2017, 3,170 people in Czechia were named Verner or Vernerová (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.

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 Verner mean?

Verner: from the German first name Werner.

How many people are called Verner in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 3,170 people in Czechia were named Verner or Vernerová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Verner most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (464), Louny (124), Mladá Boleslav (120).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Verner: dvojka.rozhlas.cz
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)