Find out how popular the last name Hodek is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Hodek.

Hodek, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Hodek surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hodek in America

Hodek is the 93921st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hodek surname appeared 195 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Hodek.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hodek to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Hodek

The surname Hodek is of Slavic origin, specifically from the Czech Republic and surrounding areas. It likely originated in the 12th or 13th century as a patronymic name derived from the personal name Hodek, which means "to honor" or "to esteem" in Czech.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Hodek can be found in the Liber Viridis, a 14th-century land registry from the Bohemian town of Chrudim. The name appears as "Hodek filius Venceslai" (Hodek, son of Wenceslas).

In the 15th century, a certain Jakub Hodek was mentioned in the records of the town of Kutná Hora, a prominent mining center in Bohemia. He was a goldsmith and served as a member of the town council.

During the 16th century, the surname Hodek was also found in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, particularly in the regions of Galicia and Silesia, which had close ties to Bohemia and Moravia. One notable bearer of the name was Jan Hodek (1548-1619), a Polish Catholic priest and rector of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

In the 17th century, a family of Hodeks was recorded in the village of Chodouny, near the town of Žatec in northwestern Bohemia. The head of the family, Václav Hodek (1620-1698), was a prosperous farmer and landowner.

Another notable bearer of the surname was the Czech painter and engraver Antonín Hodek (1783-1860), who was known for his landscapes and portraits. He was born in Prague and studied at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts.

Throughout the centuries, the surname Hodek has also been found in various spellings and regional variants, such as Hodecki, Hodecius, and Hodetzky, reflecting the migration patterns and linguistic influences in different parts of Central and Eastern Europe.

While the surname Hodek is not among the most common in the Czech Republic or elsewhere, it has a rich history and reflects the cultural heritage of the Slavic lands where it originated.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hodek

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Hodek.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Hodek was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Hodek has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Hodek was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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