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Yes, the origin of your surname may indeed mean swallow. It stems from it at least. Czech is an incredibly flex-y language and you can create countless variations of a certain word by flexing/ bending/ transmuting it:-)
"Lastuvka" is a Slavic name but German as a language we " had to accept" for centuries by force made an impact on many words and names. Lastuvka can be seen in many forms and variations - as proper Czech Laštuvka/ Laštůvka/Laštúvka forms or it´s crippled variations that can come as Lastufka, Lastufek, Lastofka etc.

your name can mean so may things there is no "real" answer to your question it can mean swallow or many other different thing god created you knowing what your name means he made you have that name so you could someday wonder what it meant so pray that he can help you find the right path to what your name really means. I wish for you the best at finding the meanings of your name GOOD LUCK!!!
Have a great year hope god helps you find the meaning.

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-Samantha.

It actually means "swallow". The correct word for a swallow in Czech is vlaštovka. But, because it was hard to spell for our ancestors, the "v" was put aside and they spelled it laštovka (or laštůvka, which is dialect). Because English people (or other foreigners) didn't know how Czech ortography works, they spelled the name as they heard it - Lastufka. So the way from "vlaštovka" (swallow) to Lastufka would be:

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1 Vlaštovka
2 Laštovka / Laštůvka (variant form)
3 Laštůfka
4 Lastufka