Tichy

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈtɪtʃi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Tichy is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Czech Tichý, from tichý (“quiet, silent”).

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 1.8K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 5.9K
  • LILiechtenstein≈1 in 16K

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)

5,828 people

Sources
65 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Tichy: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Tichy
  1. CzechTichý(measured from records)
  2. Czech roottichý“quiet“quiet, silent”(measured from records)

From Czech Tichý, from tichý (“quiet, silent”).

Sources 1

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tichy 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 Tichy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#4425,8281 in 1.8K5.8KTichy65
US United States—1,1531 in 288K1.2KTichy58
SK Slovakia—9151 in 5.9K915Tichy46
GB United Kingdom—≈230 est.≈1 in 290K23Tichy14
IT Italy—≈190 est.≈1 in 334K—Tichy3
HU Hungary—≈130 est.≈1 in 74K—Tichy35
CY Cyprus—≈9 est.≈1 in 136K—Tichy4
LI Liechtenstein—≈2 est.≈1 in 16K5——

5,828 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017, counting the spelling tichý. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Statistik Liechtenstein — Familiennamenstatistik (surnames). 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)

Tichy is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Also written Tichý

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Tichý

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Tichý

  • Swedish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Tichý

  • Croatian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Tichý

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Tichý

32 further groups 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)

1850190019502000Karol Tichy, b. 1871Herbert Tichy, b. 1912Lajos Tichy, b. 1935Noel Tichy, b. 1945Wolfram Tichy, b. 1946Walter F. Tichy, b. 1952Susan Tichy, b. 1952Roland Tichy, b. 1955Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, b. 1957Mattias Tichy, b. 1974

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)

FormalDear Tichy,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Tichy
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.2K#22,346
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.1K#23,063
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.1K#21,455
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200223#82,763
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—9#86,465
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—9#18,507
LI LiechtensteinStatistik Liechtenstein — Familiennamenstatistik (surnames)20205—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

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 Tichy mean, and where does it come from?
From Czech Tichý, from tichý (“quiet, silent”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Tichy?
A machine transcription gives /ˈtɪtʃi/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Tichy have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 5.8 thousand people named Tichy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tichy.
Where is Tichy most common?
Tichy is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.8 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Tichy?
In Czechia, the national register counted 5,828 people named Tichy, about 1 in 1.8 thousand residents.
How common is Tichy compared with other names?
In Czechia, Tichy is the 442nd most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Tichy” — the 442nd most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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