Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
SOUKUP
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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 soukup meaning ‘who buys something together with someone else, merchant, grocer, broker, witness, informer’ and refers to an occupation, a circumstance or an event. Variants: Soukop, Souchop. |