Chalupa (surname)
Chalupa (Czech pronunciation: [ˈxalupa]; feminine: Chalupová) is a Czech and Slovak surname, meaning 'cottage', 'rural house'. It originated as a designation for the owner of such a building.[1] Chałupa is a Polish surname with the same origin.[2] Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexandra Chalupa (born 1976 or 1977), American political activist
- František Chalupa (1828–1887), Czech painter and illustrator
- Jarmila Chalupová (1903–1988), Czech fencer
- Leo M. Chalupa (born 1945), Ukrainian-American physiologist
- LeRoy Wilfred Chalupa (1912–1965), American politician
- Lukáš Chalupa (born 1993), Czech ice hockey player
- Milan Chalupa (born 1953), Czech ice hockey player
- Tomáš Chalupa (born 1974), Czech politician
- Václav Chalupa (born 1967), Czech rower
- Václav Chalupa Sr. (born 1934), Czech rower
- Zuzana Chalupová (1925–2001), Serbian-Slovak naïve painter
See also
- All pages with titles containing Chalupa
- Chaloupka, Czech surname, diminutive of Chalupa
- Chalupka, Slovak surname, diminutive of Chalupa
References
- ^ "Původ a význam příjmení Chalupa". Ptejte se knihovny (in Czech). National Library of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
- ^ "Chałupa" (in Polish). Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN. Retrieved 2026-02-17.