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Surname

Jirek

Female form: Jireková

75 Bearers
21853. Rank
male Gender

Meaning

After an ancestor

A surname after an ancestor – a diminutive of a given name.

Origin: a diminutive of a given name

A general explanation of the surname based on typical patterns (occupation, trait, ancestor's name, place). A particular family may have a different history.

Surname distribution by municipality

Number of bearers by municipality across Czechia (source: MV ČR archive, ~2011). Showing the 30 most frequent of 24 municipalities.

Map 1 · distribution of surname Jirek — colour = bearers per 10,000 inhabitants (darker = higher)

Tab. 1 · By region
#RegionBearers
1 Pardubický kraj 18
2 Jihočeský kraj 14
3 Hlavní město Praha 12
4 Středočeský kraj 10
5 Královéhradecký kraj 7
6 Kraj Vysočina 4
7 Liberecký kraj 3
8 Zlínský kraj 2
9 Jihomoravský kraj 2
10 Ústecký kraj 1
11 Plzeňský kraj 1
12 Karlovarský kraj 1
Total CZ75
Tab. 2 · Most frequent municipalities (ORP)
#MunicipalityBearers
1 Praha 12
2 Pardubice 9
3 Soběslav 8
4 Tábor 6
5 Kolín 5
6 Polička 5
7 Chrudim 3
8 Chotěboř 3
9 Nové Město nad Metují 3
10 Čáslav 2
11 Černošice 2
12 Frýdlant 2
13 Hradec Králové 2
14 Vrchlabí 2
15 Kroměříž 2
16 Benešov 1
17 Sokolov 1
18 Plzeň 1
19 Chomutov 1
20 Liberec 1
21 Holice 1
22 Žďár nad Sázavou 1
23 Brno 1
24 Rosice 1

Historical trend by year of birth

Number of living bearers by year of birth (as of 2011, source: MV ČR archive).

Source: MV ČR – četnost příjmení (archiv) · Data year: 2011