Houdek

See also: houdek

English

Etymology

From Czech Houdek.

Proper noun

Houdek (plural Houdeks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Houdek is the 19945^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1345 individuals. Houdek is most common among White (96.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Houdek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 205.

Czech

Etymology

From houdek (“fiddler”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦou̯dɛk]

Proper noun

Houdek m anim (female equivalent Houdková)

1. a male surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Declension of Houdek (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Houdek	Houdkové
genitive	Houdka	Houdků
dative	Houdkovi	Houdkům
accusative	Houdka	Houdky
vocative	Houdku	Houdkové
locative	Houdkovi	Houdcích
instrumental	Houdkem	Houdky

Further reading

• “Houdek”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
• Vladimír Šmilauer, Jaroslav Kuchař, and Slavomír Utěšený (1972) Čeština všední i nevšední, Prague: Academia, page 398