Oud Surname

91,641st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Oud Surname User-submission:

The Oud surname in the Netherlands means 'old age' or 'old subject'.

In Arabic it means the oud music instruments, also 'tiny stick'.

Oud Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2,0751:8,1381,003
Egypt1,2201:75,3576,848
Iraq6181:56,6692,133
Morocco3071:112,30019,480
Yemen2061:128,2786,894
Iran1841:417,29626,403
Canada1671:220,63221,263
New Zealand761:59,5839,301
United States581:6,249,292299,206
Australia491:550,93340,757
France401:1,660,568152,033
Jordan191:465,39112,761
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
India171:45,121,493474,784
Mauritania161:255,92911,901
Palestine151:303,25710,878
England131:4,286,005132,302
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Syria101:1,930,1029,170
Pakistan101:17,864,38868,137
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Lebanon71:805,29815,541
Norway61:857,04855,549
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010

Oud (1,368) may also be a first name.

Oud Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Oud surname in the Netherlands means 'old age' or 'old subject'.

In Arabic it means the oud music instruments, also 'tiny stick'.

- bassemoud1

Oud Last Name Facts

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

Oud (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻮﺩ, Hindi: ओऊद, Russian: Оуд) is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oud? popularity and diffusion

Oud is the 91,641st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,395,280 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 42 percent of Oud are found; 41 percent are found in Western Europe and 40 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Oud is also the 211,812th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 1,368 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 2,075 people, or 1 in 8,138. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Holland, where 61 percent reside, Friesland, where 8 percent reside and Gelderland, where 6 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 47 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 23 percent reside and Iraq, where 12 percent reside.

Oud Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Druze (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Oud surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.

The amount Oud earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 27.25% less than the national average, earning 251,776 kr per year; in United States they earn 16.12% less than the national average, earning $36,195 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.61% less than the national average, earning $44,413 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goud86118,044/
Oued8660,986/
Houd862,912/
Oudt86336/
Oudz8630/
Oudh8623/
Ouds865/
Ohud863/
Ouhd862/
Outd861/
Ouéd861/
Ou801,663,139/
Od803,422/
Ud803,271/
Aoued754,998/
Ouyed75702/
Ayoud75430/
Oujid75276/
Houdt75119/
Ehoud7594/
Ajoud7580/
Goudt7568/
Houed7552/
Goudh7532/
Ouyad7526/
Goued7516/
Houdh756/
Ouiad756/
Goudd755/
Aioud753/
Goutd752/
Houds751/
Oudth751/
Ouied751/
Houdz750/
Hou674,316,647/
Gou67560,541/
God6762,363/
Hod677,328/
Hud675,457/
Oue673,704/
Out672,779/
Aud672,739/
Gud672,305/
Udd671,966/
Odd671,579/
Ohu67767/
Odh67752/
Ous67549/
Ouz67516/
Ouj67321/
Oed67301/
Ood67295/
Ouy67279/
Uyd67187/
Ouh67169/
Oudová67159/
Uhd67108/
Ohd6780/
Uod6778/
Uud6777/
Udh6758/
Eud6758/
Hajoud6755/
Đud6746/
Udø6738/
Odt6733/
Haoued6731/
Ods6731/
Oup6728/
Ojd6724/
Usd6719/
Utd6716/
Oid6715/
Eou6715/
Oyd6712/
Osd6712/
Aajoud6711/
Udt679/
Udp679/
Ued678/
Uid678/
Odz676/
Odp676/
Oué675/
Otd675/
U'D674/
Oudova673/
Ujd672/
Oux672/
Hayoud672/
Houetd672/
Ehhoud671/
Houshd671/
Ougged671/

Oud Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Oud in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻋﻮﺩwd-
Oud in the Hindi language
ओऊदo'uda-
Oud in the Russian language
Оудoud-

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