Explore the Family Name Hudack

The meaning of Hudack

Germanized or Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Hudák, Rusyn, Ukrainian, and Croatian (and Slovenian) Hudak.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the Hudack surname experienced a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 62,046th most popular surname in the United States; however, by 2010, it had slipped to the 64,388th position, representing a -3.77% change in rank. Despite this drop in rank, the actual number of individuals with the Hudack surname increased marginally from 302 in 2000 to 309 in 2010, showing a growth of 2.32%. However, when measured in proportion to every 100,000 people, the occurrence of the Hudack surname decreased slightly from 0.11 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2010, a -9.09% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#62,046	#64,388	-3.77%
Count	302	309	2.32%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hudack

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the vast majority of people with the Hudack surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. In 2000, 96.69% of Hudacks identified as White, and this figure increased slightly to 97.09% in 2010. The data for other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native showed no reported individuals with the Hudack surname in either year. Notably, individuals identifying with two or more races were represented within the Hudack surname in 2000 at 1.99%, but there were no such instances reported in the 2010 census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.69%	97.09%	0.41%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.99%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%