Czech Last Names

Five real Czech surnames per press, most with the women's form and where the name comes from.

Czech Last Names

AndělWomen's form: Andělová. From anděl (“angel”). Outside the 100 commonest.
HašekWomen's form: Hašková. From a pet form of the given name Haštal. Outside the 100 commonest.
MyšákWomen's form: Myšáková. From myšák (“male mouse”). Outside the 100 commonest.
NěmecWomen's form: Němcová. An encyclopedia table of the commonest Czech surnames glosses it as German. Among the 10 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
HudecWomen's form: Hudcová. From hudec (“musician”). Outside the 100 commonest.

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How it works

These Czech last names are real: the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic and 120 more from a dictionary, nearly all with the women's form, such as Nováková beside Novák, and most with what the name comes from.

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Men's and women's forms

A card names the men's form and gives the women's form beside it, as the dictionary pairs them: Novák and Nováková, Černý and Černá, Kovář and Kovářová. 4 of the 100 commonest have no women's form in the dictionary, so their cards give none.

What the names come from

The dropdown, Comes from, keeps the 118 nicknames and everyday words (Veselý, merry; Liška, fox), the 31 trades (Kovář, smith; Švec, shoemaker) or the 28 first names, places and peoples (Beneš, from Benedikt). Under More filters, Place in the count keeps the 10 commonest names, places 11 to 50 or places 51 to 100.

Tips

Many names are small forms: Hájek is a small grove, Jelínek a small deer, Beránek a small ram.
43 cards carry no origin; for most of them the dictionary lists the surname and says nothing more.

Questions and answers

What is the most common Czech last name?

Novák, with Nováková for women. Svoboda, Novotný, Dvořák and Černý follow it in Czech Wikipedia's list of the commonest surnames of 2016.

Why do Czech women's last names end in -ová?

A woman's surname takes a feminine ending. A name that is a noun adds -ová, so Novák becomes Nováková and Svoboda becomes Svobodová. A name that is an adjective takes -á: the dictionary pairs Černý with Černá.

What do Czech last names mean?

Many are everyday words. Novák comes from the word for new, Černý is black, Kučera a curl, Kovář a smith and Krejčí a tailor. Others are built on first names, such as Vacek from Václav.

Are these real Czech surnames?

Yes. The 100 commonest come from a 2016 list that counts the men's and women's forms of a surname together; every other name has a Czech surname entry in an open dictionary and a surname article in an encyclopedia. Nothing is invented.

All 220 last names

A nickname or an everyday word 118

Anděl Women's form: Andělová. From anděl (“angel”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Beránek Women's form: Beránková. From beránek (“small ram”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Bláha Women's form: Bláhová. Related to blaho (“wellbeing”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Čáp Women's form: Čápová. From čáp (“stork”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Čermák Women's form: Čermáková. From čermák (“redstart”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Černý Women's form: Černá. From černý (“black”). Among the 10 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Chalupa Women's form: Chalupová. From chalupa (“cottage”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Chmel Women's form: Chmelová. From chmel (“hop”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Chvála Women's form: Chválová. From chvála (“praise”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Chytil Women's form: Chytilová. From chytit (“to catch”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Císař Women's form: Císařová. From císař (“emperor”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Číž Women's form: Čížová. From číž (“siskin”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Dejmal Women's form: Dejmalová. From dým (“smoke”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Dlouhý Women's form: Dlouhá. From dlouhý (“long”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Dohnal Women's form: Dohnalová. From dohnat (“to catch up”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Dokoupil Women's form: Dokoupilová. From dokoupit (“to buy some more”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Drobný Women's form: Drobná. From drobný (“tiny”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Fialka Women's form: Fialková. From fialka (“violet”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Hájek Women's form: Hájková. From hájek, a small form of háj (“grove”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Hladký Women's form: Hladká. From hladký (“smooth”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Holec Women's form: Holcová. From holec (“a beardless young man”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Holoubek Women's form: Holoubková. From holoubek (“small dove”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Holub Women's form: Holubová. From holub (“pigeon”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Homolka Women's form: Homolková. From homolka, a cone-shaped lump of cream cheese. Outside the 100 commonest.
Horák Women's form: Horáková. From hora (“mountain”): one who comes from the highlands. Among the 10 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Horký Women's form: Horká. From horký (“hot”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Hrabal Women's form: Hrabalová. From hrabat (“to rake”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Hrdina Women's form: Hrdinová. From hrdina (“hero”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Hrdlička Women's form: Hrdličková. From hrdlička (“turtle dove”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Hrubý Women's form: Hrubá. From hrubý (“rough”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Javůrek Women's form: Javůrková. From javor (“maple”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Jelínek Women's form: Jelínková. From jelínek (“small deer”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Jeřábek Women's form: Jeřábková. From jeřábek, a small form of jeřáb (“crane”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Ježek Women's form: Ježková. From ježek (“hedgehog”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Jícha Women's form: Jíchová. From jícha (“soup, sauce”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Kmoch Women's form: Kmochová. From kmoch, a Moravian dialect form of kmotr (“godfather”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Kohoutek Women's form: Kohoutková. From kohoutek (“cockerel”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Koloušek Women's form: Koloušková. From koloušek (“fawn”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Kolovrat Women's form: Kolovratová. From kolovrat (“spinning wheel”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Komárek Women's form: Komárková. From komár (“mosquito”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Konečný Women's form: Konečná. From konečný (“final”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Kos Women's form: Kosová. From kos (“blackbird”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Koukal Women's form: Koukalová. From koukat (“to look, watch”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Kousal Women's form: Kousalová. From kousat (“to bite”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Kozel Women's form: Kozlová. From kozel (“male goat”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Král Women's form: Králová. From král (“king”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Kratochvíl Women's form: Kratochvílová. From kratochvíle (“pastime”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Krbec Women's form: Krbcová. From krb (“fireplace”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Kříž Women's form: Křížová. From kříž (“cross”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Kučera Women's form: Kučerová. From kučera (“curl”). Among the 10 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Látal Women's form: Látalová. From látat (“to darn”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Liška Women's form: Lišková. From liška (“fox”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Malina Women's form: Malinová. From malina (“raspberry”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Malý Women's form: Malá. From malý (“small”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Masopust Women's form: Masopustová. From masopust (“Shrovetide”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Mucha Women's form: Muchová. From mucha (“fly”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Musil Women's form: Musilová. From musit, a form of the verb muset (“must”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Myšák Women's form: Myšáková. From myšák (“male mouse”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Navrátil Women's form: Navrátilová. From navrátit (“to return”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Nejedlý Women's form: Nejedlá. From nejedlý (“inedible”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Novák Women's form: Nováková. From nový (“new”), for a newcomer to the village. Among the 10 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Novotný Women's form: Novotná. An encyclopedia table of the commonest Czech surnames glosses it as new man. Among the 10 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Osika Women's form: Osiková. From osika (“aspen”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Papoušek Women's form: Papoušková. From papoušek (“parrot”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Pelikán Women's form: Pelikánová. From pelikán (“pelican”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Plachta Women's form: Plachtová. From plachta (“sail”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Pleskot Women's form: Pleskotová. From pleskot (“patter”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Pokorný Women's form: Pokorná. From pokorný (“humble”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Polívka Women's form: Polívková. From a nonstandard form of polévka (“soup”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Pospíšil Women's form: Pospíšilová. From pospíšil, a past form of the verb pospíšit (“hurry up”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Povolný Women's form: Povolná. From povolný (“compliant”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Prchal Women's form: Prchalová. From prchat (“to escape”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Příhoda Women's form: Příhodová. From příhoda (“event”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Procházka Women's form: Procházková. From procházet (“to go for a walk”). Among the 10 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Pták Women's form: Ptáková. From pták (“bird”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Rosa Women's form: Rosová. From rosa (“dew”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Rys Women's form: Rysová. From rys (“lynx”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Sekera Women's form: Sekerová. From sekera (“axe”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Sekora Women's form: Sekorová. From a dialect form of sýkora, a titmouse (a small songbird). Outside the 100 commonest.
Široký Women's form: Široká. From široký (“wide”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Skácel Women's form: Skácelová. From skácet (“to fell”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Sláma Women's form: Slámová. From sláma (“straw”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Slavík Women's form: Slavíková. From slavík (“nightingale”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Slíva Women's form: Slívová. From slíva (“plum”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Sluka Women's form: Sluková. From sluka (“woodcock”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Smutný Women's form: Smutná. From smutný (“sad”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Socha Women's form: Sochová. From socha (“statue”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Sochor Women's form: Sochorová. From sochor (“crowbar, lever”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Sojka Women's form: Sojková. From sojka (“jay”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Sovák Women's form: Sováková. From sova (“owl”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Špaček Women's form: Špačková. From špaček (“starling”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Šťastný Women's form: Šťastná. From šťastný (“happy, fortunate”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Stehlík Women's form: Stehlíková. From stehlík (“goldfinch”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Štika Women's form: Štiková. From štika (“pike”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Strach Women's form: Strachová. From strach (“fear”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Strnad Women's form: Strnadová. From strnad (“bunting”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Svoboda Women's form: Svobodová. An encyclopedia table of the commonest Czech surnames glosses it as freeholder. Among the 10 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Sychra Women's form: Sychrová. From sychravý (“bleak”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Sýkora Women's form: Sýkorová. From sýkora, a titmouse (a small songbird). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Ticháček Women's form: Ticháčková. From tichý (“quiet”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Tichý Women's form: Tichá. From tichý (“quiet”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Vejvoda Women's form: Vejvodová. From vévoda (“duke”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Veselý Women's form: Veselá. From veselý (“merry”). Among the 10 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Veverka Women's form: Veverková. From veverka (“squirrel”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Vlk Women's form: Vlková. From vlk (“wolf”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Vorel Women's form: Vorlová. From orel (“eagle”), with an added v. Outside the 100 commonest.
Vydra Women's form: Vydrová. From vydra (“otter”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Žáček Women's form: Žáčková. From žák (“pupil”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Žák Women's form: Žáková. From žák (“pupil”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Zapletal Women's form: Zapletalová. From zaplétat (“to interlock, to entangle”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Zbořil Women's form: Zbořilová. From zbořit (“to demolish”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Zdráhal Women's form: Zdráhalová. From zdráhat (“to be reluctant”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Zelenka Women's form: Zelenková. From zelený (“green”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Zelinka Women's form: Zelinková. From zelinka (“greengage”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Zeman Women's form: Zemanová. From zeman (“yeoman”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Ženíšek Women's form: Ženíšková. From ženich (“bridegroom”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Zima Women's form: Zimová. From zima (“winter”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Zoubek Women's form: Zoubková. From zoubek (“little tooth”). Outside the 100 commonest.

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Bača Women's form: Bačová. From bača (“chief shepherd”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Bednář Women's form: Bednářová. From bednář (“cooper, barrelmaker”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Dráb Women's form: Drábová. From dráb (“warrant officer, catchpole”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Dvořák Women's form: Dvořáková. From the old word dvořák, from dvůr (“court, courtyard”). Among the 10 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Fišer Women's form: Fišerová. Borrowed from German Fischer (“fisherman”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Fořt Women's form: Fořtová. From fořt (“forester”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Houdek Women's form: Houdková. From houdek (“fiddler”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Hudec Women's form: Hudcová. From hudec (“musician”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Kadlec Women's form: Kadlecová. From kadlec, a form of tkadlec (“weaver”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Kolář Women's form: Kolářová. From kolář (“wheelwright”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Kovář Women's form: Kovářová. From kovář (“smith”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Koželuh Women's form: Koželuhová. From koželuh (“tanner”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Krejčí Women's form: Krejčová. From krejčí (“tailor”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Krejčík Women's form: Krejčíková. From krejčí (“tailor”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Kuchař Women's form: Kuchařová. From kuchař (“cook”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Kupec Women's form: Kupcová. From kupec (“merchant”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Mlynář Women's form: Mlynářová. From mlynář (“miller”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Provazník Women's form: Provazníková. From provazník (“ropemaker”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Řezáč Women's form: Řezáčová. From řezáč (“cutter”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Sedlák Women's form: Sedláková. From sedlák (“farmer, husbandman”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Šindelář Women's form: Šindelářová. From šindel (“shingle”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Sklenář Women's form: Sklenářová. From sklenář (“glasscutter”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Šnajdr Women's form: Šnajdrová. From Schneider (“tailor”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Starosta Women's form: Starostová. From starosta (“mayor”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Švec Women's form: Švecová. From švec (“shoemaker”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Tesař Women's form: Tesařová. From tesař (“carpenter”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Truhlář Women's form: Truhlářová. From truhlář (“cabinetmaker”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Uhlíř Women's form: Uhlířová. From uhlíř (“collier”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Vojáček Women's form: Vojáčková. From vojáček (“soldier”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Zámečník Women's form: Zámečníková. From zámečník (“locksmith”), from zámek (“lock”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Zedník Women's form: Zedníková. From zedník (“mason”). Outside the 100 commonest.

A first name, a place or a people 28

Beneš Women's form: Benešová. Reduced from the personal name Benedikt. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Čech Women's form: Čechová. As a word, Čech means a Czech or a Bohemian. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Filla Women's form: Fillová. From Filip. Outside the 100 commonest.
Hašek Women's form: Hašková. From a pet form of the given name Haštal. Outside the 100 commonest.
Havel Women's form: Havlová. From Old Irish Gall, the name of a seventh-century Irish monk. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Havlíček Women's form: Havlíčková. From the personal name Havel + -ek. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Janeček Women's form: Janečková. Pet form of the personal name Janek. Outside the 100 commonest.
Jech Women's form: Jechová. From Jan. Outside the 100 commonest.
Jirásek Women's form: Jirásková. From Jiří. Outside the 100 commonest.
Landa Women's form: Landová. From pet form of Mikuláš, Mikulanda. Outside the 100 commonest.
Mach Women's form: Machová. From the personal name Mach, a pet form of names beginning with Ma- such as Matěj. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Matějka Women's form: Matějková. From the personal name Matěj. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Matoušek Women's form: Matoušková. From Matouš (“Matthew”). Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Moravec Women's form: Moravcová. From Morava (“Moravia”) + -ec. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Němec Women's form: Němcová. An encyclopedia table of the commonest Czech surnames glosses it as German. Among the 10 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Ondrášek Women's form: Ondrášková. From Ondráš + -ek. Outside the 100 commonest.
Pavel Women's form: Pavlová. From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Outside the 100 commonest.
Polák Women's form: Poláková. From the word Polák (“Pole”). Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Prokop From the given name Prokop, in Latin Procopius. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Šimek Women's form: Šimková. From the personal name Šimon + -ek, a diminutive ending. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Stach Women's form: Stachová. From Stanislav. Outside the 100 commonest.
Štěpánek Women's form: Štěpánková. From the personal name Štěpán + -ek. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Táborský Women's form: Táborská. From Tábor. Outside the 100 commonest.
Urbánek Women's form: Urbánková. From the personal name Urban. Outside the 100 commonest.
Vacek Women's form: Vacková. From the personal name Václav + -ek. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Veselovský Women's form: Veselovská. From the place name Veselov. Outside the 100 commonest.
Vondra Women's form: Vondrová. From Ondra, a pet form of Ondřej, with an added v. Outside the 100 commonest.
Votava Women's form: Votavová. From the river name Otava, with an added v. Outside the 100 commonest.

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Bárta Women's form: Bártová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Bartoš Women's form: Bartošová. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Beran Women's form: Beranová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Bílek Women's form: Bílková. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Blažek Women's form: Blažková. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Brož Women's form: Brožová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Bureš Women's form: Burešová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Doležal Women's form: Doležalová. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Dostál Women's form: Dostálová. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Dušek Women's form: Dušková. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Fiala Women's form: Fialová. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Horáček Women's form: Horáčková. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Horváth Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Hruška Women's form: Hrušková. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Janda Women's form: Jandová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Jaroš Women's form: Jarošová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Kašpar Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Kopecký Women's form: Kopecká. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Kraus Women's form: Krausová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Kubíček Women's form: Kubíčková. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Macháček Women's form: Macháčková. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Marek Women's form: Marková. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Mareš Women's form: Marešová. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Mašek Women's form: Mašková. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Müller Women's form: Müllerová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Němeček Women's form: Němečková. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Pavlík Women's form: Pavlíková. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Říha Women's form: Říhová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Růžička Women's form: Růžičková. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Sedláček Women's form: Sedláčková. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Ševčík Women's form: Ševčíková. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Šmíd Women's form: Šmídová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Soukup Women's form: Soukupová. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Staněk Women's form: Staňková. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Stejskal Women's form: Stejskalová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Toman Women's form: Tomanová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Tůma Women's form: Tůmová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Urban Women's form: Urbanová. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Valenta Women's form: Valentová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Vaněk Women's form: Vaňková. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Vávra Women's form: Vávrová. Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Vítek Among the 100 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.
Vlček Women's form: Vlčková. Among the 50 commonest surnames in the Czech Republic.

How this list was compiled

Built on 2 October 2026 from three public sources. One: the list of the 100 most frequent surnames in the Czech Republic in 2016 on Czech Wikipedia ('Seznam nejčetnějších příjmení v Česku', https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seznam_nejčetnějších_příjmení_v_Česku, CC BY-SA 4.0), in the column that counts the men's and the women's form of a surname together; the article cites a Czech surname site for it. That column is used, and not the men's column, because the article's columns by sex leave out surnames that often keep one form for men and women, such as Krejčí (the dictionary pairs it with Krejčová, and the card gives that form). The Interior Ministry's own page on the frequency of names (https://www.mvcr.cz/clanek/cetnost-jmen-a-prijmeni.aspx, read the same day) says it no longer publishes these tables, so no figure is printed here: a card says only which band a name stands in (the 10 commonest, places 11 to 50, places 51 to 100). The first ten names and their order agree with the table of 2009 ministry figures in English Wikipedia's list of most common surnames in European countries. Two: English Wiktionary's Czech surname entries (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Czech_surnames, CC BY-SA 4.0), which give the women's form beside the men's and, for some names, an etymology. All 100 names of the list are here. A name outside the 100 is listed only when it has such an entry with a women's form and an etymology that names the word or the first name behind it, and also a surname article in English Wikipedia's category of Czech-language surnames: 120 names. Where the etymology names a Czech word without a gloss, the first sense of that word's own entry is given. 216 cards carry a women's form and 177 an origin; 43 of the 100 commonest carry no origin on the card: for all but two the dictionary gives no etymology, for Müller it names only the German surname of the same spelling, and for Soukup it names an old word whose senses we do not print. For Svoboda, Novotný and Němec the gloss is the one in the English Wikipedia table (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames_in_European_countries#Czech_Republic), and the card says so. Unkind glosses (a few names for a bodily trait) and names tied to one living person were left out. Three: the rule for women's forms was checked on Wikipedia's article 'Czech name' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_name). The sorting into kinds is our own, from the origin on the card. An origin is what a dictionary records for the surname in general, not for any one family. Counted on 2 October 2026: 51 of 220 names (23.2 in 100) also stand in another list of this site, matched with accents ignored. Every card that gives a women's form or an origin keeps the address of the page it was read on. Licence: The order of the 100 commonest names is taken from Czech Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) and used as bands. Women's forms and origins draw on English Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The sorting into kinds and the wording of the cards are our own work.