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Vojtíšek: what the name means

Vojtíšek means “little Vojtěch”: from the first name Vojtěch (Adalbert).

In January 2017, 2,301 people in Czechia were named Vojtíšek or Vojtíšková (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

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 Vojtisek.

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 Vojtíšek mean?

Vojtíšek means “little Vojtěch”: from the first name Vojtěch (Adalbert).

How many people are called Vojtíšek in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 2,301 people in Czechia were named Vojtíšek or Vojtíšková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Vojtíšek most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (364), Semily (103), Liberec (87).

Sources

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