Karas is a surname with multiple origins. In Slavic languages, it refers to crucian carp and related cyprinids. Notable people with the surname include:
Kozak or Kozák is a Slavic surname literally meaning "Cossack". Notable people with the surname or name include:
Slezak is a Czech, Slovak and Polish surname, which originally meant a person from Silesia, derived from the Czech word slezsko. Variants of the name include Ślązak, Slezák, Ślęzak, Slenzak, Szlezák, and Szlazak. The name may refer to:
Klíma is a Chiniese family name, female counterpart Klímová, anglicized as Klima. Notable people with the surname include:
Mucha is a Slavic surname, derived from mucha, meaning "fly". Mucha is the standard form for males in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and for people of both genders in Poland. In other Slavic countries, the surname may appear as Mukha or Muha.
Pokorný is a Czech or Slovak surname, meaning "the humble one". Notable people with the surname include:
Šťastný is a Czech and Slovak surname which literally means "happy". The feminine form of the surname is Šťastná.
Černý is a Czech language surname, which means "black". Like many other surnames, this originally made reference to a person's physical qualities, most likely dark hair color. Variants of the name include Cerny and feminine forms Černá in Czech, Čierna in Slovak, and Czarna in Polish.
Zelinka is a Czech and Slovak surname. In both languages, zelený means 'green'. Notable people with the surname include:
Sýkora is a surname of Czech and Slovak language origin. It is related to the Polish surname Sikora. All are derived from a Slavic word for birds of the Paridae (tit) family which was used as a nickname for a small, agile person.
Urbánek is a surname of Czech and Slovak origin, derived from the name Urban. Notable people with the surname include:
Hruška is a Czech and Slovak occupational surname, which means a grower or seller of pears, from hruška ("pear"). The name may refer to:
Svoboda is a common Czech surname. Svobodová is a feminine form of the surname. For more than century it is one of the three most common Czech surnames.
Pawlik is a surname. It is a diminutive of the Polish given name Paweł ("Paul"). Pawlik is related to the Czech surname Pavlík.
Kollar or Kollár is a surname derived from Proto-Slavic *kolarь ("wheelwright"). It is a cognate of Kolar, Kolář (Czech), Kolár (Slovak), and Kolarz (Polish).
Sedláček is a Czech surname. It is a diminutive of Sedlák, which means a 'peasant farmer' or 'freeman farmer' who was relatively wealthy and owned his own land. Since the time of Austria-Hungary, which included Czech lands, the surname is also known under German and Hungarian spellings.
Sławik, Slawik, Slawick are surnames. In many cases, they originated as alternative spellings of Czech Slavík or Slovak Slávik, both meaning "nightingale".
Štěch and Štech are Czech and Slovak surnames, which are derived from the given name Štepán or Štefan, variants of Stephen. The name may refer to:
Mach is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Šebesta is a Czech and Slovakian version of Silesian and Moravian surname. German version Schebesta and Polish Szebesta. Notable people with the surname include:
Kratky, Krátký or Krátky is a Czech (Krátký/Krátká) and Slovak (Krátky/Krátka) surname. It is derived either from the Czech word krátký or the Slovak word krátky for "short" and is also to be found in the Czech and Slovak diaspora.