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. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alexandre Kafka (1917–2007), Czech-Brazilian international 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
 * 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 Kafka
 * Vladimír Kafka (1931–1970), Czech translator