Mbodu Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mbodu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbodu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1141:1,553,88458,636
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mbodu (72) may also be a first name.

Mbodu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mbodu (Russian: Мбоду) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mbodu.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbodu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,206,588th most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mbodu live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mbodu is also the 1,143,416th most numerous first name globally, borne by 72 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 1,553,884. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Yobe, where 99 percent live and Borno, where 1 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbodou9113,594/
Mbodeu9124/
Mboedu911/
Mmbodu911/
Mboudou832,197/
M'Bodou83867/
Mboudeu833/
M'Boduj831/
Mbadu8019,552/
Mbedu802,034/
Mbudu80882/
Muodu8015/
Mwodu801/
Nbodu801/
Mbatdu7382/
Mbhadu7379/
Mbaudu7362/
Mbadou7342/
Mbedhu7327/
Mbadhu7319/
Mbadus7315/
Mbhedu738/
Mbadup738/
Mbadeu734/
Mbudhu734/
Mbuddu732/
Mbhudu732/
Mbuidu731/
Mbudou731/
Mbaduu731/
Nmbadu731/
Mbgadu731/
Mbeudeu6718/
Mbaduha6714/
Mbeudou6711/
Mvoudou674/
M'Badou672/
N'Bodou671/
Nboudou671/
Mouhadu671/

Mbodu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mbodu in the Russian language
Мбодуmbodu-

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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 Mbodu
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