Hudek
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Hudek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from a diminutive of Hudec.
- SKSlovakia1 in 19K(measured from records)
- HRCroatia1 in 47K
- CZCzechia1 in 55K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 23 (measured from records)
- 1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)
390 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Slovakia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
from a diminutive of Hudec.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hudek 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 390 | 1 in 853K | 394 | Hudek | 22 |
| SK Slovakia | 291 | 1 in 19K | 291 | Hudek | 23 |
| CZ Czechia | 195 | 1 in 55K | 196 | Hudek | 23 |
| PL Poland | 177 | 1 in 216K | 92 | Hudek | 19 |
| HR Croatia | 90 | 1 in 47K | 90 | — | — |
390 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). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 394 | #49,965 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 390 | #53,072 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 389 | #56,668 |
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 291 | — |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 196 | #5,661 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 195 | #8,704 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 92 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 92 | #31,600 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 90 | #8,627 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 85 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 85 | #34,092 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 78 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Hudek mean, and where does it come from?
- from a diminutive of Hudec. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Hudek have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 390 people named Hudek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hudek.
- Where is Hudek most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hudek is densest in Slovakia — about 1 in 19 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Hudek?
- In the United States, the national register counted 390 people named Hudek in 2010, about 1 in 853 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hudekThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Hudek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.