In Croatia, Hudec families are predominantly Croats (from Novska area ), very rarely Slovaks (also from Novska area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Novska area.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Hudec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Lipovljani in Novska area (10), Poljana (<10), Predavec Krizevacki in Krizevci area (<10), and in Topolovac (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.