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Czech surnames

Zach: what the name means

Zach: from the first name Zachariáš (Zachary).

In January 2017, 2,706 people in Czechia were named Zach or Zachová (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 Zach mean?

Zach: from the first name Zachariáš (Zachary).

How many people are called Zach in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 2,706 people in Czechia were named Zach or Zachová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Zach most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (482), Žďár nad Sázavou (83), Jihlava (80).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Zach: 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)