Hodák

surname · Latin script

Hodák is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: probably from a variant spelling of chodak ‘clog’, ‘wooden shoe’, a metonymic occupational name for a clog maker.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 2.1K(measured from records)
  • SISlovenia1 in 36K
  • CZCzechia1 in 96K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Croatia (measured from records)

2,031 people, 2021

Sources
10 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hodak in US United States, SK Slovakia, CZ Czechia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

probably from a variant spelling of chodak ‘clog’, ‘wooden shoe’, a metonymic occupational name for a clog maker.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hodák counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hodák is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HR Croatia2,0311 in 2.1K2K——
US United States4211 in 790K471Hodak9
CZ Czechia1121 in 96K112Hodak10
PL Poland751 in 510K40——
SI Slovenia581 in 36K58——
SK Slovakia≈9 est.≈1 in 587K—Hodak9

2,031 people counted by DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form), 2021. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; MVČR — living population register 2017; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hodák is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Serbia, Argentina

    Languages: Croatian, Spanish, Hungarian

    Also written Hodak

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Hodak, Hoďák

  • English surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Norwegian

    Also written Hodak, Hodãk

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Hodák
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—23#49,461

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hodák mean, and where does it come from?
probably from a variant spelling of chodak ‘clog’, ‘wooden shoe’, a metonymic occupational name for a clog maker. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Hodák have the most bearers?
In Croatia, the national register counted about 2.0 thousand people named Hodák, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Hodák most common?
Hodák is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.1 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Hodák?
In Croatia, the national register counted 2,031 people named Hodák in 2021, about 1 in 2.1 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hodák”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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