Prague Genealogical Records

Prague Birth & Baptism Records

Czech Republic Church Books (1552-1963)

An index to and images of Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church registers, recording births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials. They also include records for Jews.

Czech Republic Birth & Baptism Index (1637-1889)

An index to around 100,000 birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.

Czech Republic Birth & Baptism Index (1637-1889)

An index of over 30,000 records of births and baptisms, including parents' names and other details.

Prague Marriage & Divorce Records

Czech Republic Church Books (1552-1963)

An index to and images of Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church registers, recording births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials. They also include records for Jews.

Czech Republic Marriage Index (1654-1889)

An index to around 12,000 marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.

Czech Republic Marriage Index (1654-1889)

An index to more than 12,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Prague Death & Burial Records

Czech Republic Church Books (1552-1963)

An index to and images of Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church registers, recording births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials. They also include records for Jews.

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Newspapers Covering Prague

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Prague Immigration & Travel Records

Jews Deported to Terezin & Poland (1943-1945)

This database contains records related to the deportation of Jews, including name, gender, year, address, occupation and spouse's name.

Prague Military Records

Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.

Czechoslovakia Holocaust Survivors (1939-1948)

Details extracted from records of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Repatriation Department in London and Czechoslovak Red Cross dealing with emigration, matters of internal security and racial policy, especially anti-Jewish measures.

Holocaust Survivor Lists (1937-1945)

An index to over 70,000 Holocaust survivors mentioned in records of the World Jewish Congress.

Jewish Names in US State Department Files (1910-1929)

An index of close to 10,000 Jews named in State Department files. The records cover Palestine, Romania, and Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Tripoli, Barca, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.

Prague Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Prague Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Prague Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.

Czechoslovakia Holocaust Survivors (1939-1948)

Details extracted from records of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Repatriation Department in London and Czechoslovak Red Cross dealing with emigration, matters of internal security and racial policy, especially anti-Jewish measures.

Holocaust Survivor Lists (1937-1945)

An index to over 70,000 Holocaust survivors mentioned in records of the World Jewish Congress.

Prague Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Prague

Monarch and Nobles of Medieval Germany (514-1600)

The lineages of German, Dutch, Luxembourgish, Czech and Austrian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Prague Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

Monarch and Nobles of Medieval Germany (514-1600)

The lineages of German, Dutch, Luxembourgish, Czech and Austrian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Prague Church Records

Czech Republic Church Books (1552-1963)

An index to and images of Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church registers, recording births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials. They also include records for Jews.

Prague Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Prague Reference Works

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.

Most Common Surnames in Prague

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Czechia
1Nováková4,4731:28214.31%1
2Novák3,8101:33113.58%2
3Svoboda3,7371:33814.07%4
4Svobodová3,6391:34713.46%3
5Novotná3,4071:37013.37%5
6Novotný3,1581:39912.97%6
7Dvořáková2,9221:43213.58%7
8Černá2,6731:47214.15%9
9Procházková2,6171:48216.85%11
10Dvořák2,4811:50812.35%8
11Černý2,2261:56712.78%10
12Procházka2,2101:57114.27%12
13Veselá1,9671:64114.81%15
14Kučera1,7281:73011.52%13
15Veselý1,6651:75813.47%17
16Hájek1,6151:78115.87%26
17Pokorná1,6051:78614.42%22
18Kučerová1,5561:81110.46%14
19Hájková1,4861:84916.34%36
20Pokorný1,4751:85513.36%24
21Benešová1,4491:87014.28%27
22Králová1,3891:90813.76%28
23Zeman1,3751:91714.86%34
24Beneš1,3721:91914.09%29
25Zemanová1,3561:93014.55%32
26Marek1,3061:96611.52%20
27Čermáková1,2871:98015.06%40
28Čermák1,2711:99215.85%47
29Horáková1,2671:9959.72%16
30Růžičková1,2451:1,01315.24%43
31Horák1,2441:1,01410.25%18
32Král1,2401:1,01713.32%33
33Marková1,2061:1,04610.85%23
34Fiala1,1801:1,06912.22%31
35Urban1,1741:1,07414.61%45
35Urbanová1,1741:1,07414.63%46
37Soukup1,1571:1,09017.59%75
38Fialová1,1451:1,10211.80%30
39Krejčí1,1271:1,1199.58%19
40Růžička1,1241:1,12214.10%48
41Jelínková1,1201:1,12613.04%39
42Kopecká1,0741:1,17414.26%51
43Pospíšilová1,0531:1,1989.45%21
44Malá1,0421:1,21014.79%59
45Soukupová1,0381:1,21515.83%76
46Jelínek1,0101:1,24913.00%49
47Doležalová1,0021:1,25910.87%35
48Novak9931:1,27013.61%53
49Kadlec9841:1,28214.48%66
50Kadlecová9551:1,32114.16%69
51Moravec9471:1,33215.31%83
52Malý9391:1,34314.16%73
53Štěpánek9311:1,35514.53%80
54Kopecký9231:1,36713.64%68
55Doležal9131:1,38110.89%41
56Pospíšil9071:1,3918.58%25
57Štěpánková8991:1,40313.58%74
58Kolárová8981:1,40541.27%537
59Blahová8961:1,40813.39%70
60Šťastný8951:1,40914.76%86
61Blažková8911:1,41611.90%52
62Kříž8831:1,42812.48%57
62Marešová8831:1,42814.71%89
64Sedláčková8761:1,4409.85%38
65Kratochvílová8611:1,46522.52%219
66Vlčková8501:1,48411.83%54
67Moravcová8411:1,50013.64%84
68Sedláček8371:1,5079.38%37
69Dušková8361:1,50915.05%107
69Mašková8361:1,50913.90%88
71Janda8271:1,52514.99%108
72Jandová8241:1,53114.50%104
73Nemcová8111:1,55516.07%133
74Tichý8101:1,55713.67%92
75Bartošová8091:1,55911.59%61
76Říhová8071:1,56315.10%117
77Vacková8061:1,56515.80%129
78Müller8051:1,56713.95%98
79Machová7961:1,58511.50%64
80Vlček7921:1,59311.21%58
81Tichá7881:1,60113.39%94
82Matoušková7801:1,61713.02%90
83Blažek7761:1,62510.83%55
83Vacek7761:1,62515.47%134
85Polák7751:1,62712.81%87
86Valentová7741:1,63012.45%82
87Blaha7731:1,63213.65%105
88Mareš7711:1,63614.07%110
88Sýkorová7711:1,63614.42%115
90Vaněk7691:1,64011.73%77
91Holub7581:1,66411.34%71
92Hrušková7551:1,67113.53%106
93Müllerová7511:1,67912.73%93
94Mašek7391:1,70713.92%119
95Hruška7371:1,71113.46%112
96Vávra7271:1,73513.81%123
97Holubová7261:1,73710.69%67
97Musil7261:1,73710.21%56
99Valenta7251:1,74012.16%91
100Dušek7241:1,74213.71%122
101Beranová7221:1,74713.90%126
102Matoušek7211:1,74912.61%102
103Šimková7201:1,75210.35%63
104Křížová7131:1,76911.23%81
105Kohoutová7111:1,77417.15%181
106Brožová7091:1,77916.91%176
107Kohout7071:1,78417.06%183
108Kratochvíl7061:1,78719.61%243
109Hrubá7051:1,78913.31%121
110Krejčová6991:1,80412.07%97
111Strnad6981:1,80714.79%150
111Tumová6981:1,80721.85%309
113Němec6971:1,8109.12%50
114Kovářová6911:1,82512.61%111
114Poláková6911:1,82510.65%78
116Bartoš6861:1,83910.34%72
116Fišerová6861:1,83914.23%139
118Strnadová6811:1,85214.44%152
119Beran6761:1,86613.28%130
120Sýkora6691:1,88513.20%132
121Šulcová6671:1,89116.60%197
122Hrubý6641:1,90012.46%118
122Mach6641:1,90012.42%116
124Navrátilová6631:1,9028.24%44
125Navrátil6611:1,9087.98%42
126Brož6551:1,92616.33%198
127Pešková6501:1,94013.33%138
128Říha6461:1,95212.72%131
129Martinek6411:1,96813.41%143
130Havel6401:1,97115.26%176
131Šulc6391:1,97416.02%199
132Burešová6381:1,97711.12%100
132Tuma6381:1,97720.94%324
134Součková6371:1,98015.72%190
135Musilová6321:1,9969.08%62
136Kovář6281:2,00811.40%109
137Krausová6271:2,01213.49%155
138Janečková6241:2,02112.73%137
139Havlová6221:2,02814.32%168
139Macháček6221:2,02813.02%144
141Červenková6211:2,03116.82%232
142Slavíková6161:2,04813.39%159
142Staněk6161:2,04811.77%124
144Horáčková6141:2,05413.58%161
144Janoušková6141:2,05415.23%196
146Martinková6131:2,05811.36%114
147Havlíčková6121:2,06112.44%135
147Nemec6121:2,06115.17%194
149Beránková6101:2,06813.71%164
150Ježková6051:2,08512.77%147
150Smejkalová6051:2,08516.03%223
152Červenka6041:2,08816.69%239
153Havlíček5991:2,10611.53%125
154Stanková5951:2,12017.00%256
155Kraus5891:2,14113.49%167
156Bendová5831:2,16316.11%239
157Zelenka5821:2,16717.63%289
158Slavík5791:2,17813.13%166
159Čechová5781:2,1829.93%95
160Linhart5761:2,19016.80%264
160Němečková5761:2,19014.44%199
162Jeřábková5751:2,19416.16%248
163Benda5721:2,20516.40%257
164Kočí5691:2,21713.60%179
165Vávrová5671:2,22514.33%205
165Švecová5671:2,22511.95%146
167Bureš5661:2,22810.44%113
168Ježek5651:2,23212.41%160
169Stejskalová5631:2,24011.71%142
170Pavlíková5611:2,24811.92%153
170Čížek5611:2,24814.70%220
172Janoušek5601:2,25214.31%209
173Skala5591:2,25618.07%317
173Švec5591:2,25611.81%148
175Linhartová5571:2,26416.22%262
175Souček5571:2,26414.36%213
175Stejskal5571:2,26411.58%140
178Smejkal5561:2,26915.26%237
179Šimek5541:2,2778.59%79
180Zelenková5521:2,28516.75%291
181Čížková5511:2,28914.28%214
182Brabec5481:2,30216.50%283
183Tomanová5471:2,30610.66%127
184Skalová5461:2,31017.09%309
185Hrdličková5451:2,31415.79%260
186Toman5421:2,32710.61%128
187Brabcová5361:2,35316.38%298
188Vanková5301:2,38016.08%290
189Fišer5291:2,38412.68%180
190Bílek5281:2,38912.49%173
191Kovařík5271:2,39311.67%162
192Hlaváček5211:2,42114.68%250
192Janeček5211:2,42113.61%218
194Kolár5161:2,44427.61%662
194Petr5161:2,44412.67%186
196Prokop5131:2,45912.15%174
197Horáček5111:2,46811.93%171
197Nová5111:2,46814.44%254
199Pešek5101:2,47313.00%208
200Kovaříková5081:2,48310.74%149