Bakudu Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bakudu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakudu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Bakudu (32) may also be a first name.

Bakudu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bakudu (Oriya: ବାକୁଡୁ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bakudu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakudu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,602,217th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bakudu reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 32 people.

The surname Bakudu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Gombe, where 41 percent are found, Kaduna, where 30 percent are found and Niger, where 22 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bhakudu921/
Bakoudou8615/
Baikudau864/
Bekudu831/
Bacudu831/
Baikodu771/
Vakkudu771/
Bacoudou7130/
Bokodu671/
Beikoudou671/
Boukoudou671/
Bakodou623/
Vokkudu621/
Bacudoo621/
Vokoudou571/

Bakudu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bakudu in the Oriya language
ବାକୁଡୁbakudu75
ବକୁଡୁbakudu25

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bakudu
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