Ovudu Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ovudu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ovudu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2761:641,82230,209
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Ovudu Last Name Facts

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

Ovudu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ovudu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 924,083rd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. The surname Ovudu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ovudu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Ovudu is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 276 people, or 1 in 641,822. In Nigeria Ovudu is most common in: Ebonyi, where 84 percent are found, Cross River, where 10 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ovaudu9124/
Gouvudu834/
Obudu80652/
Avudu80157/
Owudu8016/
Ovidu804/
Evudu801/
Ovodu801/
Gavudu73116/
Obaudu7396/
Awoudu7370/
Obgudu7311/
Avudut734/
Ojbudu733/
Gobudu732/
Obudui731/
Aboudu731/
Aboudou6730,783/
Awoudou67375/
Owoudou67160/
Oboudou6756/
Obahudu6726/
Avoudou6716/
Abouddu672/

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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 Ovudu
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