Straka

See also: straka, and strąka

English

Etymology

From Czech Straka or Slovak Straka, both meaning "magpie".

Proper noun

Straka (plural Strakas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Straka is the 10628^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3013 individuals. Straka is most common among White (93.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Straka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• karats, katars

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstraka]

Proper noun

Straka m anim (female equivalent Straková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Straka (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Straka	Strakové
genitive	Straky	Straků
dative	Strakovi	Strakům
accusative	Straku	Straky
vocative	Strako	Strakové
locative	Strakovi	Stracích
instrumental	Strakou	Straky

Further reading

• “Straka”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstraka]

Proper noun

Straka m pers (female equivalent Straková)

1. a male surname

Further reading

• “Straka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024