Ugudu Surname

988,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 260 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ugudu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ugudu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2591:683,94931,723
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Ugudu (49) may also be a first name.

Ugudu Last Name Facts

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

Ugudu (Oriya: ଉଗୁଦୁ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ugudu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 988,329th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ugudu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ugudu is also the 1,430,306th most frequent given name in the world, held by 49 people.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 259 people, or 1 in 683,949. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 75 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 11 percent reside and Kano, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gugudu91133/
Ugoudu918/
Ungudu915/
Augudu911/
Ugaudu911/
Uguudu911/
Guggudu8350/
Hungudu831/
Ogudu807,774/
Ugodu80521/
Igudu80207/
Ougoudou778/
Oghudu7378/
Jigudu7312/
Icgudu737/
Ogoudu733/
Oguddu731/
Ocgudu731/
Oungoudou716/
Hougoudou712/
Ogoudou67104/
Oghoudu6716/
Ogodu60548/
Igidu602/
Oghodu551/

Ugudu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ugudu in the Oriya language
ଉଗୁଦୁugudu-

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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 Ugudu
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