In Croatia, Merkač-Hudopisk families are Croats (from Cakovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Slovenia.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Merkač-Hudopisk live in Croatia today, in two households only. They are only located in in one Croatian city and another small place , mostly in Cakovec (<5) and Pribislavec (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Merkač-Hudopisk is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.