How common is the surname Hudak?

5,593 people in the United States had the surname Hudak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,202 Americans. It ranked 6,124th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hudak?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hudak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hudak getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,618 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,593 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Hudak

A Czech surname, carried by 5,593 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hudak is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Hudák.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,593 people named Hudak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,202 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,618.

#6,124

rank among US surnames

5,593

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,667)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,115	Comeau	5,609	55,045
#6,117	Lowrey	5,607	55,064
#6,118	Dutcher	5,605	55,084
#6,119	Sikora	5,604	55,094
#6,121	Marlin	5,602	55,113
#6,122	Christmas	5,599	55,143
#6,123	Fernando	5,596	55,173

Who is named Hudak

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

97% of people named Hudak identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hudak

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

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hudak come from?: Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Hudák.
How common is the surname Hudak?: 5,593 people in the United States had the surname Hudak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,202 Americans. It ranked 6,124th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hudak?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hudak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hudak getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,618 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,593 in 2010, down 0.4%.