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Czech surnames

Houdek: what the name means

Houdek: fiddler.

In January 2017, 3,673 people in Czechia were named Houdek or Houdková (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.

To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.

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Questions

What does the surname Houdek mean?

Houdek: fiddler.

How many people are called Houdek in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 3,673 people in Czechia were named Houdek or Houdková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Houdek most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (502), Plzeň (153), Písek (110).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Houdek: en.wiktionary.org
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)