# Hruska (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hruska/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Czech.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,965 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,033 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 157,122 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.1% (2,050 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Czech or Slovak Hruška.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hruska in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hruska in Austria and the United States.

## People named Hruska

- Rudolf Hruska, Austrian automobile designer (1915–1995)
- Roman Hruska, American politician (1904–1999)

## Similar surnames

Harris, Hirsch, Herrick, Hershey, Hersey, Hersh, Harsh, Harkey, Horak, Hiers, Horrocks, Hirsh.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.