Surname Hudjek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hudjek families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin area and in Djurdjevac.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Hudjek live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, threee cities and 6 other places, mostly in Molve in Djurdjevac area (<10), in Sracinec (<5) and Petrijanec (<5) in Varazdin area, Brezje in Samobor area (<5), and in Podravske Sesvete in Djurdjevac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hudjek is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Marko Hudjek, Natalija Hudjek, Marija Hudjek, Stjepan Hudjek, Ivanka Hudjek, Ivan Hudjek, Josip Hudjek, Tomo Hudjek, Jelena Hudjek, Katica Hudjek, Mara Hudjek, Ema Hudjek, Matija Hudjek, Mato Hudjek, Janja Hudjek, Nikolaj Hudjek, Luka Hudjek, Desanka Hudjek, Srečko Hudjek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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