Dudka Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Dudka is usually a form of Dudek. Read literally, Dudka points to “Hoopoe (bird)”.

Spelling and variants

Before spelling was fixed, Dudek was also written Dudka. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Dudzik and Dudkowski.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Dudek and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Research your Dudka family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.