Namdu Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Namdu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namdu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Namdu (58) may also be a first name.

Namdu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namdu (Hindi: नमदू, Marathi: नंदू, Tibetan: གནམ་གྲུ་) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namdu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Namdu is predominantly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Namdu live; 40 percent live in Southern Africa and 40 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 58 people.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found and Thailand, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngamdu9175/
Namdau919/
Nnamdu915/
Namdup915/
Gnamdu911/
Namdou911/
Namdhu911/
Neamdu911/
Ngamdou831/
Ngamdeu831/
Nandu8010,181/
Nemdu803/
Ngamddou771/
Nhamdouh771/
Ngandu73107,135/
Nandhu73560/
N'Andu73400/
Nandou73362/
Nandus73211/
Naindu73172/
Nhandu73144/
Nandui7370/
Nandup7369/
Nandut7356/
Nandau7344/
Nanndu7327/
Nanduu7317/
Nnandu7316/
Nandud7314/
Namdoe7312/
Nandeu734/
Nomdou732/
Nanddu732/
Gnandu732/
Naandu731/
Naundu731/
Nan'du731/
Neandu731/
Nanduy731/
Nandgu731/
Ngomdu731/
Gnahamdou711/
Gnandou67640/
N'Gandu67596/
Ngandou67165/
Nga'ndu67159/
Naindou6736/
Gnandui6729/
Ngandhu6721/
Nandust6720/
Neandou6710/
Nandhau676/
Nandhui672/
Nh'andu672/
Nganndu671/
N'Handu671/
Ngaindu671/
Nandaus671/
Noumdeu671/
Nandouh671/
Nacindu671/
Naãndou671/
Ngandui671/
Nehmdou671/
Nasimdoust671/
Naandut671/

Namdu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namdu in the Marathi language
नंदूnandu-
Namdu in the Hindi language
नमदूnamadu50
नन्दूnandu50
Namdu in the Tibetan language
གནམ་གྲུ་namdru28.57
གནམ་འབྲུག་namdruk14.29
གནམ་འགྲུ།namdru14.29
གནམ་གྲུག།namdruk14.29
གནམ་གྲུ།namdru14.29
ནམ་འབྲུག་namdruk14.29

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Namdu
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