Czech surnames
Vojtěch: what the name means
Vojtěch: from the first name Vojtěch (Adalbert).
In January 2017, 2,612 people in Czechia were named Vojtěch or Vojtěchová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha329
- Around Hradec Králové136
- Around Náchod121
- Around Pardubice117
- Around Chrudim95
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 Vojtech.
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 Vojtěch mean?
Vojtěch: from the first name Vojtěch (Adalbert).
How many people are called Vojtěch in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,612 people in Czechia were named Vojtěch or Vojtěchová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Vojtěch most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (329), Hradec Králové (136), Náchod (121).