Given name & surname

Prochaska

Prochaska is a surname from Czech. It is used in English and German.

Original CzechProcházka

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Prochaska comes from Czech.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Czech Procházka.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Prochaska’s family of names

In German usage, Prochaska as a surname has a related form in PROCHAZKA. In German usage, Prochaska as a surname has a related form in PROCHAZKA. In English usage, Prochaska as a surname was borrowed from the Czech form Procházka.

Walk Prochaska’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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