Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
POLÁČEK
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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 |
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The name is derived from the ethnonym Poláček (diminutive form of the Czech ethnonym Polák meaning ‘Pole’) and refers to a similarity or a connection (descendence or other) with the people or the area they inhabit. |