Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
DVOŘÁK
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| Origin | of Czech origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to an occupation, activity or social status |
| Family name referring to internal or external characteristics, circumstances or event |
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The name is derived from the Czech common noun dvořák meaning ‘free farmer with a larger estate’, earlier also ‘servant at a court’, and refers to an occupation or social status (free farmer, not under serfdom). |