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Czech surnames

Veverka: what the name means

Veverka means “squirrel”.

In January 2017, 3,781 people in Czechia were named Veverka or Veverková (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 Veverka mean?

Veverka means “squirrel”.

How many people are called Veverka in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 3,781 people in Czechia were named Veverka or Veverková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Veverka most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (459), Brno (163), Rokycany (132).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Veverka: en.wikipedia.org
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)