Czech surnames
Zemánek: what the name means
Zemánek: little squire — a petty nobleman, or a squire’s illegitimate son.
In January 2017, 3,401 people in Czechia were named Zemánek or Zemánková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Boskovice249
- Around Praha224
- Around Brno191
- Around Hodonín107
- Around Ostrava104
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 Zemanek.
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 Zemánek mean?
Zemánek: little squire — a petty nobleman, or a squire’s illegitimate son.
How many people are called Zemánek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,401 people in Czechia were named Zemánek or Zemánková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Zemánek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Boskovice (249), Praha (224), Brno (191).