Sedlak Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

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Meaning of the name

A Sedlak ancestor may well appear as Sedlacek in earlier records. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “One who tilled the soil, a farmer”.

Sedlak is listed among the recognised spellings of Sedlacek. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Sedlack. The 2010 census count for Sedlak in the United States was 2,128, good for rank 14,119. Between 1891 and 2000, 109 babies born in France were registered as Sedlak, with the most births in 1931–1940.

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