Kafka (surname)

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.{{cite web |last1=Scheller |first1=Andrea |title=Kafka |url=http://www.namenforschung.net/id/name/10272/1 |website=Digital Dictionary of Surnames in Germany (DFD) |publisher=Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur |accessdate=14 November 2020}} 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