Bud Surname

43,354th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,004 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Mongolia

Bud Surname Definition:

(English) Descendant of Buda (messenger), or of Bud, a pet form of Baldwin (bold, friend) and of Botolf (command, wolf); the foolish, stupid man.

Bud Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5,4651:140,3608,958
Romania4,0851:4,915660
Mongolia9231:3,061566
United States4201:862,99765,593
Ukraine3631:125,40717,745
Philippines1541:657,39168,667
Netherlands741:228,20530,213
France701:948,896108,010
England621:898,67846,462
Canada501:736,91258,785
Sweden341:289,61020,124
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
Indonesia301:4,408,306217,989
Taiwan261:901,7216,312
Belgium221:522,57550,051
Malaysia201:1,474,71161,770
Pakistan161:11,165,24351,703
Hungary151:654,41837,235
Afghanistan121:2,679,43217,028
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Israel101:855,76354,181
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
China31:455,773,85521,925
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England691:353,26622,372
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1341:374,76628,202

The alternate forms: Büd (195) & Búd (1) are calculated separately.

Bud (55,021) may also be a first name.

Bud Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Descendant of Buda (messenger), or of Bud, a pet form of Baldwin (bold, friend) and of Botolf (command, wolf); the foolish, stupid man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Bud Last Name Facts

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

Bud (Bengali: বুডু, Hindi: बुद्, Marathi: बुड, Oriya: ବୁଡ, Tibetan: བཊ་) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Büd or Búd. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bud? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 43,354th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 607,093 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Bud reside; 46 percent reside in South Asia and 46 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 17,029th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 55,021 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 5,465 people, or 1 in 140,360. In India Bud is most frequent in: Odisha, where 90 percent live, Jharkhand, where 8 percent live and Assam, where 0 percent live. Other than India it occurs in 63 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 34 percent live and Mongolia, where 8 percent live.

Bud Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bud has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bud surname increased 313 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 10 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bud Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Bud last name is principally Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (79%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Bud surname are 9.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.6% being registered with the political party.

The amount Bud earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 82.27% less than the national average, earning €5,325 per year and in United States they earn 7.43% more than the national average, earning $46,356 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Büd89195/
Búd891/
Budd8624,382/
Baud8610,408/
Budh865,562/
Boud861,484/
Buid86484/
Bhud86118/
Budt8697/
Busd8621/
Buud8619/
Beud8615/
Butd869/
Bgud868/
Buyd864/
Hbud862/
Bujd862/
Budp861/
Buhd861/
Bu8089,540/
Bhaud751,259/
Baudh75763/
Buddh75390/
Boudh75263/
Boudt75108/
Bhoud7595/
Bahud7583/
Beudt7566/
Bausd7516/
Bhujd7512/
Baudd755/
Boudd754/
Boudz753/
Bhuud752/
Budgy752/
Bauds752/
Baudt752/
Buidh751/
Buidd751/
Buuds751/
Bouds751/
Bauhd751/
Bhudh751/
Bohud751/
B'Oud751/
Bouyd751/
Bousd751/
Bhudd751/
Butdt751/
Budte751/
Buchd751/
Beusd750/
Beutd750/
Bautd750/
Bui672,043,143/
Bux67637,794/
But6755,120/
Bau6742,782/
Bou6736,734/
Bus677,932/
Beu676,750/
Buz674,813/
Buh674,381/
Buj674,202/
Buu673,291/
Buy673,044/
Bhu672,621/
Bod671,959/
Bauddh671,918/
Bup67981/
Buš67708/
Budova67425/
Budová67278/
Vud67145/
Buş67145/
Bouddh6756/
Buğ6753/
Buø6750/
Buș6746/
Bgu6740/
Buydts6738/
Bahaud6735/
Baudts6731/
Hbu6717/
Budowa6712/
Buð6710/
Wud679/
Buá674/
Boudgy673/
Bód672/
Buś672/
Boudts672/
Budzcz671/
Boutdt671/
Bhoudh671/
Bhaudh671/
Buì671/
Ặbu671/
Bếu671/
Buț671/
Buchdt671/
Buchdz671/
Bhuttd671/
Butddd671/

Bud Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bud in the Tibetan language
བཊ་baT-
Bud in the Bengali language
বুডুbudu-
Bud in the Oriya language
ବୁଡbuda81.91
ବୁଦbuda10.45
ବୁଡ଼bura5.61
ବୁଡ୍bud1.65
ବୁଦ୍bud0.02
Bud in the Marathi language
बुडbuda68.97
बूडbuda13.79
बुदbuda13.79
बूदbuda3.45
Bud in the Hindi language
बुद्bud28.62
बुद्िbudi26.86
बुदbuda23.5
बुद्ाbuda10.78
बूडbuda3.71
बुडbuda2.3
बुड्bud0.35
बुद््bud0.18
बू़़़़द्bud0.18

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