Damudu Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Damudu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damudu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2171:816,32636,276
India51:153,413,076951,030
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Damudu (92) may also be a first name.

Damudu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damudu (Marathi: दमुडु, Oriya: ଦାମୁଡୁ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Damudu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Damudu is the 1,098,270th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Damudu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Damudu is also the 992,070th most common given name worldwide, held by 92 people.

Damudu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 217 people, or 1 in 816,326. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 58 percent are found, Delta, where 10 percent are found and Borno, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Damudu occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhamudu927/
Dammudu925/
Damuddu921/
Damoudou86136/
Demudu83894/
Damodu83891/
Domudu835/
Dhemudu775/
Deumudu771/
Hdahmoudou759/
Daymudoo714/
Demoudou712/
Damidhu621/
Damidau621/

Damudu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Damudu in the Oriya language
ଦାମୁଡୁdamudu-
Damudu in the Marathi language
दमुडुdamudu-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Damudu
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