Procházka (; feminine: Procházková) is a

Czech surname Czech names are composed of a given name and a family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bride ...

. 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

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. 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. Notable people with the surname include:

Sports

Alena Procházková Alena Procházková (born 9 August 1984) is a Slovak cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. Competing in four Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 18th in the individual sprint event at Vancouver in 2010. Procházková's b ...

(born 1984), Slovak cross country skier *

Antonín Procházka (volleyball) Antonín Procházka (born April 3, 1942) is a Czech former volleyball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Regio ...

(born 1942), Czech volleyball player * Barbora Procházková (born 1991) Czech sprinter *

Dana Procházková Dana Procházková (born 1951) is an orienteering competitor who competed for Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared i ...

(born 1951), Czech orienteer *

Daniel Procházka Daniel Procházka (born 5 March 1995) is a Czech Republic, Czech Association football, footballer is a former professional footballer who last played for FK Příbram, Příbram. Career As a youth player, Procházka had operations on both knees ...

(born 1995), Czech footballer * František Procházka (1962–2012), Czech ice hockey player * Jan Procházka (orienteer) (born 1984), Czech orienteer *

Jiří Procházka Jiří Procházka (; ; born October 14, 1992) is a Czech professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion a ...

(born 1992), Czech martial artist * Jiří Procházka (ice dancer) (born 1980), Czech ice dancer *

Libor Procházka Libor Procházka (, born April 25, 1974, in Vlašim, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech Republic, Czech ice hockey player currently playing for HC Kladno of the Czech Extraliga. He was drafted 245th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1993 NHL Entr ...

(born 1974), Czech ice hockey player *

Martin Procházka Martin Procházka (, born March 3, 1972, in Slaný, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. Procházka was drafted 135th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft and played 32 games in the Nation ...

(born 1972), Czech ice hockey player * Ondřej Procházka (born 1997), Czech ice hockey player *

Petr Procházka Petr Procházka (born 26 March 1964) is a Czech sprint canoeist who competed from 1982 to 2006 for Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. Biography Procházka was born on 26 March 1964 in Hradec Králové. World junior champion i ...

(born 1964) is a Czech sprint canoeist * Radek Procházka (born 1978), Czech ice hockey player *

Roman Procházka Roman Procházka (; born 14 March 1989) is a Slovak footballer who plays for Spartak Trnava as a midfielder. Club career Spartak Trnava Procházka began his career with his hometown club Spartak Trnava. On 13 May 2007, he made his debut for Sp ...

(born 1989), Slovak footballer * Stanislav Procházka (born 1973), Czech ice hockey player *

Václav Procházka Václav Procházka (, born 8 May 1984) is a Czech people, Czech professional footballer who plays for TJ Jiskra Domažlice, Jiskra Domažlice in the Bohemian Football League. At international level, Procházka played extensively for the Czech ...

(born 1984), Czech footballer * Václav Procházka (equestrian) (1904–1985), Czech equestrian *

Zdeněk Procházka Zdeněk Procházka (12 January 1928 – 24 September 2016) was a Czechoslovak football midfielder who played for Czechoslovakia in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also played for AC Sparta Prague. References External links Profileat the ČMFS ...

(1928–2016), Czech footballer

Other

Antonín Procházka (actor) Antonín Procházka is a Czech film, television and stage actor, playwright and director. Biography Procházka was born 25 December 1953 in Kroměříž, Czechoslovakia. He studied at the Faculty of Theatre of the Academy of Performing Arts i ...

(born 1953), Czech actor, playwright and director *

Antonín Procházka (painter) Antonín Procházka (5 June 1882, in Vážany (Vyškov District), Vážany – 9 June 1945, in Brno) was a Czech Modern art, Modernist painter and graphic artist. Biography He graduated from the Gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Kroměříž th ...

(1882–1945), Czech painter *

Bedřich Procházka Bedřich Procházka (4 July 1855 in Rakovník – 3 January 1934 in Prague) was a Czech mathematician. He was granted an honorary doctorate from the Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) () is one o ...

(1855–1934), Czech mathematician *

Gustav Adolf Procházka Gustav Adolf Procházka (11 March 1872 – 9 February 1942) was the second patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. Originally a Roman Catholic priest, he became a reformist oriented clergyman, and later co-founder with Karel Farský of the ...

(1872–1942), Czech Hussite bishop *

Jan Procházka (writer) Jan Procházka (4 February 1929 – 20 February 1971) was a Czechoslovak writer, screenwriter and producer. He wrote films including '' Ucho'', '' Fetters'', '' Slasti Otce vlasti'' and ''On the Comet ''Na kometě'' (literally ''On the Comet ...

(1929–1971), Czech writer * Jaro Procházka (1886–1949), Czech painter *

Jiří Walker Procházka Jiří Walker Procházka (born 18 August 1959), also known by the pseudonym George P. Walker, is a Czech sci-fi and detective fiction author. In 1989, Procházka described himself as "the permanent political prisoner" because he had lived since h ...

(born 1959), Czech writer *

Lenka Procházková Lenka Procházková (born 24 March 1951) is a Czech writer. The daughter of writer Jan Procházka, she was born in Olomouc, grew up in Prague and studied journalism and cultural theory at Charles University in Prague. Procházková signed Charte ...

(born 1951), Czech writer * Pauline Prochazka (1842–1930), Irish watercolour artist *

Petra Procházková Petra Procházková (; born 20 October 1964 in Český Brod) is a Czechs, Czech journalist and humanitarian worker. She is best known as a war correspondent from conflict areas of the former Soviet Union. Procházková studied journalistics at C ...

(born 1964), Czech war journalist *

Radoslav Procházka Radoslav Procházka (born 31 March 1972) is a Slovaks, Slovak lawyer, former politician and former leader of the political party NETWORK (Slovak party), Sieť. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 2014 Slovak presidential election, running as an in ...

(born 1972), Slovak lawyer and politician *

Zdenka Procházková Zdenka Procházková (4 April 1926 – 25 August 2021) was a Czech actress. She was married to Karel Höger, who she starred with in the 1949 film '' A Dead Man Among the Living.'' They later divorced. Selected filmography *'' Lost in the Subu ...

(1926–2021), Czech actress

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