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Surname origin - "Tlachac"

Does anyone know what language the surname "Tlachac" is from? The "tl" and the "ch" in the spelling made me think it was a Mesoamerican language at first, but a little Googling seems to point to Slovak.

Maybe it's because I know pretty much nothing about Slavic languages, but the "tl" sequence just strikes me as being very odd for an IE language. The Wikipedia page for Slovak doesn't have a phonology section either.

Can anyone provide an actual transcription of the name also? (IPA is fine)
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  • Interpretation of the Legend

    (inscriptions on the Kushan Kingdom coins / надписи на монетах Кушанского царства)

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    I would be most grateful if anyone could help me out with a Spanish idiom, an expression appearing in a discussion of torture from the late 18th…

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