Since the word โHinduโ is part of it, only a person who is Hindu can have an HUF.
The word Hindu here has been used here in liberal way and includes the person of Jain, Sikh and Buddha religion. So a Muslim, Parsees, Jews and Christian can not have an HUF.ย
An HUF can have four generation of descendents from a common ancestor as its members.
An HUF is creation of law and can not be created by acts of the persons