Dudek Surname

7,262nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78,145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Dudek Surname Definition:

(Czech-Slovakian) One who played a bagpipe.

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Dudek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland60,1731:63222
United States7,8051:46,4395,651
Germany4,4271:18,1852,379
Czechia1,4361:7,405926
France9791:67,8489,394
Brazil6071:352,67613,518
Canada4971:74,1368,387
England4891:113,94311,682
Slovakia3001:17,7882,654
Austria2401:35,4815,724
Australia1751:154,26116,255
Belgium1061:108,45916,244
Sweden801:123,0848,745
Norway741:69,4909,776
Israel721:118,85613,107
Denmark661:85,5268,263
Argentina661:647,62745,225
Spain641:730,50131,369
Ukraine631:722,58275,033
Netherlands461:367,11340,368
Ireland401:117,7235,959
Scotland361:148,7178,826
Thailand341:2,077,598243,257
Slovenia321:77,74010,347
Croatia311:136,40719,258
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Northern Ireland241:76,8765,365
Wales211:147,35910,403
Belarus141:678,64756,781
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Iceland101:38,0092,599
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Turkey101:7,782,142126,629
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
India51:153,413,076951,030
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
China41:341,830,39216,990
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Macau11:601,6301,582
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States611:823,25750,999

Dudek (99) may also be a first name.

Dudek Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Czech-Slovakian) One who played a bagpipe.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This name has the meaning of a bird known as the hoopoe.

- lwdudek

Dudek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dudek Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dudek (Oriya: ଦୁେଡକ, Russian: Дудек) occurs more in Poland more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dudek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,262nd most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 93,257 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Dudek reside; 79 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 79 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Dudek is also the 951,070th most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 99 people.

Dudek is most frequently held in Poland, where it is carried by 60,173 people, or 1 in 632. Excluding Poland it exists in 64 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.

Dudek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dudek has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dudek last name expanded 12,795 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dudek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dudek surname are 2.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.52% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Dudek earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 10.55% less than the national average, earning 309,571 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 0.05% less than the national average, earning R 237,516 per year; in United States they earn 7.47% more than the national average, earning $46,372 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.6% more than the national average, earning $50,973 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dudeck912,128/
Duddek91383/
Doudek914/
Dudeks912/
Dudeke911/
Duidek911/
Deudek911/
Dudekt911/
Duddeck83292/
Dudecke8321/
Dudieck832/
Deudeck831/
Dudik802,306/
Dudyk802,157/
Dodek80485/
Dudík80368/
Didek80352/
Dudec8020/
Dudeg8012/
Dudex806/
Dudeková77194/
Dudekova7753/
Dudick73458/
Dudhec73164/
Doddek7340/
Diedek7330/
Dideck7316/
Dudysk7313/
Doudik739/
Didiek736/
Didhek734/
Dodiek733/
Dudykh731/
Dudayk731/
Dudieg731/
Dhodek731/
Daudik731/
Duddik731/
Dudaik731/
Doudekova711/
Dudkova67618/
Dudeque6743/
Doddeck6711/
Dudique672/
Diedeck671/
Doudect671/
Dudicks671/
Dhudike671/
Doudick670/

Dudek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dudek in the Oriya language
ଦୁେଡକduedaka-
Dudek in the Russian language
Дудекdudek-

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Dudek Reference & Research

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