This Southern Bohemian surname originates from the Pisek and Milevsko regions; it is recorded in both land and church records as early as 1699, especially in the Czech regional archives at Trebon. Villages recorded include JETETICE, KVETOV,KUCER,BRANICE,OSLOV,ZAHORI, STARE SEDLO, ORLIK N VLTAVA, OSEK, MILEVSKO, BERNARTICE, BECHYNE . . . The surname and variations is very prevalent in the 1880 - 1920 Chicago census records; also appears in St Louis and Cleveland and Baltimore, tho much less frequently. If you have ancestry or collateral lines with this surname, and you know a birthdate or a birthplace in Bohemia; or hold an obituary with this surname included, please contact me privately. I am writing a KALAL family history book and completing research in the Czech archives. Jim in CA