The Hudak surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,593 people carried this name — #6,124 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,618).

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Hudak surname

A surname from Czech or Slovak.

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Hudák.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hudak» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

227 people named Hudak have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 322 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Greater Poland 109
Lower Silesian 35
Lubusz 31
Silesian 21
Subcarpathian 9
Lesser Poland 7
Pomeranian 7
Lublin 4

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

30 people named Hudak live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 11
Bern 10
Lucerne 3
St. Gallen 3
Thurgau 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In national population registers

59 people named Hudak is counted in Slovenia.

Slovenia counts its residents on 1 January 2026.

Counted, by country

Slovenia (2026) 59

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), SiStat tables 05X1015S–05X1018S, family names of the population, 1 January 2026 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Hudak in American newspapers,
1903–1921.

Newspaper page from Rock Springs Miner carrying the name Hudak
Rock Springs Miner 1903-04-30
Newspaper page from Perth Amboy Evening News carrying the name Hudak
Perth Amboy Evening News 1912-01-05
Newspaper page from South Bend News-Times carrying the name Hudak
South Bend News-Times 1921-05-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,095 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hudak in Australian newspapers,
1950s–1990s.

132 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hudak. The most, 48, date from the 1960s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 4.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 66
Victoria 63
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hudak.

Who carried it

People named Hudak,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emil Hudak
    Emil Hudak 1936–2015 · cultural worker
  • Paul Hudak
    Paul Hudak 1952–2015 · computer scientist
  • Adalbert Hudak 1911–1986 · politician
  • Stanisław Hudak 1918–2004 · officer of the Milicja Obywatelska
  • Günther Hudak 1939–1992 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Paul Hudak: John Peterson, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 20 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hudak,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States960 records

960 records of the Hudak name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 330
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 299
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 115
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 108
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 48
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Nicholas Hudak

    Born 1916 in New York. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Jay Governors Island; cabinetmaker from Albany County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1947, buried at St Basil's Cemetery, Watervliet, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria Hudak

    Arrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Graf Waldersee from Cuxhaven, aged 15; keeper. From A. Szina, Hungary.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Andrew Michael Hudak

    Born 1947; from Warren, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, combat engineer; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 960 records for Hudak in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Hudak name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Margaret Almira Hudak

    Buried in 2000 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 88.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mike Hudak

    Buried in 1970 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 65.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Hudak

    Died 1965 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 9 records for Hudak in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany4 records

4 records of the Hudak name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Joseph Hudak

    From Lucanowo, Jarotschin. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 14 August 1915 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 46).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Thomas Hudak

    From Klichow, Jarotschin. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 27 August 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Peter Hudak

    From Wanne, Gelsenkirchen. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 3 June 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Hudak in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Hudak name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Brent John Hudak

    Horticulturist of Sunnycliffs, Victoria; died 1984.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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