Pýcha

surname · Latin script

Meaning: pride

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries · latest register: JÚĽŠ SAV, 1995

/ˈpiːxa/(recorded in a dictionary) Czech · from Wiktionary

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Pýcha is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

  • CZCzechia1 in 21K(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 262K
  • SKSlovakia1 in 363K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

516 people

Record sources
23 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pycha in PL Poland, IT Italy, US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

pride

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Pýcha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Pýcha is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia5161 in 21K516Pýcha23
PL Poland1461 in 262K77Pycha17
US United States≈100 est.≈1 in 3.3MlistedPycha6
IT Italy≈41 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Pycha4
GB United Kingdom≈25 est.≈1 in 2.8M—Pýcha3
SK Slovakia151 in 363K15Pýcha3

516 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Pýcha is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Pycha

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Austria

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Pycha

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
19201940196019802000Zdeněk Pýcha, b. 1926Božena Pýchová, b. 1935Vladimír Pýcha, b. 1939Pavel Pýcha, b. 1967Petr Pýcha, b. 1972Filip Pýcha, b. 1975Pavel Pýcha, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalVážený pane / paní Pýcha,Dear Pýcha, (English)
InformalVážený pane / paní Pýcha,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Pýcha
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—516#2,933
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—516#2,762
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)199515—

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Kotík, Antonín, Naše příjmení (nové vydání, 1897)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Pýcha mean, and where does it come from?
pride Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Pýcha?
In the etymology graph, Pyšný is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Pýcha?
In Czech /ˈpiːxa/ (Wiktionary).
In which country does Pýcha have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 516 people named Pýcha, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pýcha.
Where is Pýcha most common?
Pýcha is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 21 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Pýcha?
In Czechia, the national register counted 516 people named Pýcha, about 1 in 21 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pýcha”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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