{{About|the Slavic surname|the village in Masovian Voivodship, Poland|Dudka, Masovian Voivodeship}} {{Infobox surname |name = Dudka |pronunciation = {{IPA|ru|ˈdutka|IPA}} |meaning = player of a pipe |region = Eastern Europe |languageorigin = Russian, Polish, Ukrainian |variant = |seealso = Duda, Dudin |footnotes = }} '''Dudka''' ({{lang|uk|Дудка}} [ˈdutka])) is a Ukrainian, Russian and Polish surname<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forebears.io/surnames/dudka |title=Dudka Surname |website=forebears.io |access-date=July 23, 2019 |quote=Approximately 19,806 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Ukraine; Highest density in: Ukraine.|language=}}</ref> derived from the Eastern Slavic word дудка for "fife", "pipe" that is also present in the Ukrainian, Polish and Russian diaspora.<br /> Notable people with the name ''Dudka'' include: *Dariusz Dudka (born 1983), Polish football player *Mykyta Dudka (born 2000), Ukrainian football player *Stanley Dudka (1923–2008), Canadian fishery officer *Vyacheslav Dudka (born 1960), Russian politician.
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