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Surname: SEDLAK . The Last Name of SEDLAK was a Czech occupational or status name for a peasant or farmer. The name was extrapolated from the Czech word SEDLAK, meaning a comparatively rich farmer, with more land than a ZAHRADNIK (small-holder) or a CHALOUPNIK (cotter - a cottager or tenant). Many of the modern family names throughout Europe reflect the profession or occupation of their forbears in the Middle Ages and derive from the position held by their ancestors in the village, noble household or religious community in which they lived and worked. The addition of their profession to their birth name made it easier to identify individual tradesmen and craftsmen. As generations passed and families moved around, so the original identifying names developed into the corrupted but simpler versions that we recognise today. Over the centuries, most people in Europe have accepted their Last Name as a fact of life, as ir... If you want to read more download the App on the App Store...
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