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    The surname Houdek

    A surname, carried by 1,345 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H320

    Houdek: #19,945 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Houdek #19,945, 1,345 people Houdek: #19,945 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Houdek #19,945, 1,345 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Houdek is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech Houdek.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,345 people named Houdek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,551 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,326.

    #19,945
    rank among US surnames
    1,345
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #19,007)

    Who is named Houdek

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Houdek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Houdek

    Houdek has the Soundex code H320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H320.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Houdek come from?
    From Czech Houdek.
    How common is the surname Houdek?
    1,345 people in the United States had the surname Houdek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,551 Americans. It ranked 19,945th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Houdek?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Houdek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Houdek getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,345 in 2010, up 1.4%.