Frequency: (181)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Americanized spelling of Czech Šonka, a nickname for a thrifty or parsimonious person, from a derivative of the Old Czech adjective šonit ‘frugal’, ‘tightfisted’.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
