Prochazka
Surname list
Procházka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpr̩oxaːzka]; feminine: Procházková) is a Czech surname. It is among the top ten common Czech surnames. The oldest document showing the existence of the surname is from 1618. Literal translation of the name is 'stroll', 'walk'; the name approximates to the English surname Walker. The name could have originated in several ways – it denoted a wanderer, someone who walks through the village, someone who likes to walk, or figuratively someone lazy. The name was Anglicized, Germanized and Hungarized as Prochaska, Prohaska and Prohászka. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proch%C3%A1zka
Procházka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpr̩oxaːzka]; feminine: Procházková) is a Czech surname. It is among the top ten common Czech surnames. The oldest document showing the existence of the surname is from 1618. Literal translation of the name is 'stroll', 'walk'; the name approximates to the English surname Walker. The name could have originated in several ways – it denoted a wanderer, someone who walks through the village, someone who likes to walk, or figuratively someone lazy. The name was Anglicized, Germanized and Hungarized as Prochaska, Prohaska and Prohászka.
