Explore the Family Name Hayduk

The meaning of Hayduk

1. Americanized or Germanized form of Polish, Slovak, Rusyn (from Slovakia, Poland, Serbia, and Croatia), Croatian, and Czech Hajduk, or of Czech and Polish Hejduk. Compare Hyduk. 2. Rusyn and Ukrainian: status name of Hungarian origin (see Hajdu), denoting e.g. an armed retainer in the service of local landowners, a Hungarian foot soldier, and an insurgent, rebel (see Hajduk). Compare 1 above.

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How common is the last name Hayduk in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Hayduk has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it held rank 35445, with 601 individuals carrying the name, representing 0.22 per 100k of the population. By 2010, the rank had dropped to 37341, and the count of individuals was down slightly to 597, or 0.2 per 100k of the population. This represents a change of -5.35 in rank and a -0.67 decrease in count.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,445	#37,341	-5.35%
Count	601	597	-0.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.2	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hayduk

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Hayduk has also seen some changes between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of Hayduks identified as White in both years, although this proportion decreased slightly from 97.34% in 2000 to 94.64% in 2010. A small percentage identified as Hispanic, increasing from 1.66% in 2000 to 2.68% in 2010. There were also new groups appearing in the 2010 data: 1.51% identified as Asian/Pacific Islander and 0.84% reported having two or more races. There were no individuals who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.34%	94.64%	-2.77%
Hispanic	1.66%	2.68%	61.45%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.51%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0.84%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%