Opudu Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Opudu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 314 | 1:564,149 | 27,398 |
| Uganda | 85 | 1:459,286 | 27,240 |
Opudu (38) may also be a first name.
Opudu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opudu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Opudu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Opudu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 727,600th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. The last name Opudu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Opudu live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 38 people.
Opudu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 564,149. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 51 percent live, Delta, where 31 percent live and Benue, where 8 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opudau | 91 | 21 | / |
| Opeudu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Opaudu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Opudud | 91 | 1 | / |
| Opudou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gopudu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hopudou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Apudu | 80 | 229 | / |
| Epudu | 80 | 79 | / |
| Opidu | 80 | 20 | / |
| Appudu | 73 | 24 | / |
| Apuudu | 73 | 15 | / |
| Hapudu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Epuudu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Epudau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opoodu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uippudu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Epidu | 60 | 555 | / |
| Apodu | 60 | 159 | / |
| Apidu | 60 | 3 | / |
| Apiedu | 55 | 364 | / |
| Hapidu | 55 | 14 | / |
| Appodu | 55 | 9 | / |
| Opodhu | 55 | 2 | / |
| Opidhu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Opidau | 55 | 1 | / |
| Appiedu | 50 | 699 | / |
| Appudoo | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Opudu
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