The Ruzicka Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Families named Ruzicka carry a Czech surname with a long history.

What does the surname Ruzicka mean?

The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “dweller at the sign of the little rose”. About 2,523 people in the United States were recorded as Ruzicka in 2010, placing it 12,323 on the national list. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.

Where is the Ruzicka surname found?

Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood.

Is there a Ruzicka coat of arms?

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Ruzicka family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

Get the complete Ruzicka report, with a museum-style coat of arms.