The Czech surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,453 people carried this name — #12,616 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 120,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,395 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Czech surname
Inherited from Old Polish Czech.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Czech» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
12,037 people named Czech have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 14,194 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 140 people named Czech live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 117 people named Czech.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
73 people named Czech live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
26 people named Czech is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Czech,
with a public archive behind them.
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Józef Czech 1762–1810 · mathematician -
Miloš Čech 1855–1922 · writer -
Emil Czech 1862–1929 · painter -
Alois Czech 1790–1868 · religious
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János Czech 1798–1854 · historian
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Józef Czech 1806–1876 · printer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Czech.
- Cyrille 137 · U.S. census
- Czaja 1,158 · U.S. census
- Czajka 1,119 · U.S. census
- Czajkowski 2,441 · U.S. census
- Czapla 808 · U.S. census
- Czarnecki 4,164 · U.S. census
- Czerniak 776 · U.S. census
- Czerwinski 2,426 · U.S. census
- Czuba 403 · U.S. census
- Czubak 141 · U.S. census
- Czyz 719 · U.S. census
- Daab 241 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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