Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
VLACH
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| Origin | of Czech origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to some connection with an ethnic group |
| Family name referring to the place of residence, origin or estate | |
| Family name referring to internal or external characteristics, circumstances or event | |
| Family name referring to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name |
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The name is derived from the Czech ethnonym Vlach meaning ‘Italian’ and refers to a similarity or a connection (descendence or other) with the people or the area they inhabit. It may also be derived from Vlach (hypocoristic form of a Czech compound given name beginning with Vla-, e.g. Vladislav, Vlastibor) and refer to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name. |