Kafka is a Czech surname, which is an old spelling of the word "kavka", which means jackdaw in Czech, or occasionally a given name from a Yiddish diminutive for Ya'akov. Notable people with the surname include:
Alexandre Kafka (1917–2007), Czech-Brazilian economist Bohumil Kafka (1878–1942), Czech sculptor and pedagogue Bruno Kafka (1881–1931), Czech politician and academic Franz Kafka (1883–1924), Czech German-language writer Gustav Kafka (1883–1953), Austrian philosopher and psychologist Helene Kafka (1894–1943), Bohemian-Austrian nun, surgical nurse Hermann Kafka (1852–1931), Czech merchant, father of Franz Jakub Kafka (born 1976), Czech footballer Maria Restituta Kafka (1894–1943), Czech-Austrian Catholic religious sister and martyr Martin Kafka (born 1947), American psychiatrist Mike Kafka (born 1987), American football player Ottla Kafka (1892–1943), sister of Franz Vladimír Kafka (1931–1970), Czech translator
See also Kavka, alternative spelling of the surname
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