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 Yiddishdiminutive for Ya'akov.[1] 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
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