Hudák

org · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Hudák is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Típusa: Foglalkozásra utaló, szláv családnév.

rarermore common
  • SKSlovakia1 in 1.3K(measured from records)
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 235Kas Худак
  • CZCzechia1 in 22K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Hudák itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

5,593 people, 2010

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
66 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovakia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

HudákLatin(measured from records)
ХудакCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hudak in US United States, CZ Czechia, PL Poland and Худак in UA Ukraine.

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)

Típusa: Foglalkozásra utaló, szláv családnév. Eredete: Alapszava, az ószlávban hangutánzó szóként élt ’zúgás’, majd később ’muzsika, zene’ jelentésű gu- kezdetű szó a szlovákban hud lett (hudety ’muzsikálni’). A hozzá járuló -ák képző több funkciója közül itt a foglalkozásra utaló érvényesült, vagyis ’muzsikus, zenész’ jelentésűvé vált. Mint minden gyakori tevékenységre vagy foglalkozásra utaló szó a legtöbb nyelvben, így a szlovákban is foglalkozási családnév lett. Elterjedtsége: Szlovákok alapította településeken északon Borsod és Abaúj megyében, Békéscsaba és Nyíregyháza környékén gyakori.

Sources 1

  • Családnevek enciklopédiája

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hudák 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 Hudák is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—5,5931 in 59K5.6KHudak66
SK Slovakia#3714,2181 in 1.3K4.2KHudák64
CZ Czechia—4961 in 22K498Hudak39
PL Poland—3041 in 126K155Hudak25
UA Ukraine—≈190 est.≈1 in 235K—Худак13
HR Croatia—1681 in 25K168——
SI Slovenia—591 in 36K59—1

5,593 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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)

Hudák is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname23 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Hungarian

    Also written Hudak, Hudà́k, Hudãk

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Hudâk, Hudak

  • Croatian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian

    Also written Hudak, Hudâk, Hudàk

  • Spanish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Hudak, Hudãk

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Italy, Gabon

    Also written Hudak

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Hudak

  • Indonesian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Hudak

3 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Ede Agost Hudák, b. 1822Štefan Hudák, b. 1923Olivér Hudák, b. 1929Tomáš Hudák, b. 1980Martin Hudák, b. 1994
  • Ede Agost Hudákb. 1822SKSlovak entomologist
  • Štefan Hudákb. 1923HUHungarian writer, poet, author of radio plays, journalist writing in Slovak; from 1945 he lived in Slovakia and worked as a teacher and author of Slovak-language textbooks (1923–2005)
  • Olivér Hudákb. 1929HUHungarian national committee secretary
  • Tomáš Hudákb. 1980SKSlovak Stand-up comedian and screenwriter
  • Martin Hudákb. 1994HUfootball player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hudák mean?
Recorded meaning: Típusa: Foglalkozásra utaló, szláv családnév.
In which country does Hudák have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 5.6 thousand people named Hudák, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hudak.
Where is Hudák most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hudák is densest in Slovakia — about 1 in 1.3 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Hudák?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,593 people named Hudák in 2010, about 1 in 59 thousand residents.
How common is Hudák compared with other names?
In Slovakia, Hudák is the 371st most common surname of 69,668 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Hudák” — the 371st most common surname in Slovakia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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