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Czech surnames

Vyskočil: what the name means

Vyskočil: he jumped out — a nickname from some memorable incident.

In January 2017, 3,332 people in Czechia were named Vyskočil or Vyskočilová (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 Vyskocil.

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 Vyskočil mean?

Vyskočil: he jumped out — a nickname from some memorable incident.

How many people are called Vyskočil in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 3,332 people in Czechia were named Vyskočil or Vyskočilová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Vyskočil most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (466), Brno (144), Veselí nad Moravou (110).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Vyskočil: 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)