Surname Hudek in modern Croatia

Hudek families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Hudek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Marija Bistrica in Zlatar area (20), Biljevec in Ivanec area (<10), Varazdin (<10), and in Bikovec in Ivanec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hudek (including: Hudec , Chudek , Hudeck , Hudecz , Hudechek , Choudek , Hudeek , Húdek and Chludek ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. The family name "Hudek " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 200 people in Czech Republic. "Hudeck " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Luxembourg. "Hudechek " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Hudek, Vlasta Hudek, Drago Hudek, Željko Hudek, Dragica Hudek, Marijan Hudek, Dražen Hudek, Dalibor Hudek, Karmen Hudek, Pavao Hudek, Ivan Hudek, Sanja Hudek, Zdenko Hudek, Vlado Hudek, Zoran Hudek, Davorin Hudek, Mladen Hudek, Suzana Hudek, Nevenka Hudek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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