Czech surnames
Žáček: what the name means
Žáček means “little pupil”: žák also meant a young cleric.
In January 2017, 5,073 people in Czechia were named Žáček or Žáčková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha574
- Around Ostrava184
- Around Frýdek-Místek163
- Around Brno162
- Around Luhačovice124
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 Zacek.
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 Žáček mean?
Žáček means “little pupil”: žák also meant a young cleric.
How many people are called Žáček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 5,073 people in Czechia were named Žáček or Žáčková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Žáček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (574), Ostrava (184), Frýdek-Místek (163).