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Czech surnames

Zíka: what the name means

Zíka: from the first name Zikmund (Sigismund).

In January 2017, 2,519 people in Czechia were named Zíka or Zíková (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 Zika.

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 Zíka mean?

Zíka: from the first name Zikmund (Sigismund).

How many people are called Zíka in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 2,519 people in Czechia were named Zíka or Zíková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Zíka most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (354), České Budějovice (166), Plzeň (147).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Zíka: en.wikipedia.org
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)