Hudi families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zlatar. In Radnovac in Pozega area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Hudi.
Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Hudi live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Zlatar (20), Virovitica (10), Slavonski Brod (10), and in Kutina (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.