Czech surnames
Zajíček: what the name means
Zajíček means “little hare”.
In January 2017, 5,133 people in Czechia were named Zajíček or Zajíčková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha610
- Around Vsetín151
- Around Brno146
- Around Olomouc131
- Around Mladá Boleslav112
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 Zajicek.
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 Zajíček mean?
Zajíček means “little hare”.
How many people are called Zajíček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 5,133 people in Czechia were named Zajíček or Zajíčková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Zajíček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (610), Vsetín (151), Brno (146).