Wud Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wud Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wud Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182

The alternate forms: Wüd (6) are calculated separately.

Wud (93) may also be a first name.

Wud Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wud has its highest incidence in Taiwan. It may also appear as a variant: Wüd. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wud? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Wud is primarily found in Asia, where 56 percent of Wud reside; 22 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 22 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 986,211th most common first name at a global level It is held by 93 people.

The surname Wud is most prevalent in Taiwan, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 11,722,373. In Taiwan Wud is mostly concentrated in: Yilan County, where 100 percent live. Apart from Taiwan this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 22 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wüd896/
Waud86939/
Woud86411/
Wudd8699/
Wuid862/
Whud861/
Wusd861/
Wutd861/
Wudp861/
Wudt861/
Wwud861/
Hwud860/
Woudt75280/
Wahud75261/
Wouds754/
Wudte753/
Woudh751/
Waudh751/
Weudt751/
Wussd751/
Wudth751/
Waudt750/
Wauds750/
Bud6712,004/
Wut675,010/
Vud67145/
Wod67124/
Wuydts6718/
Wudová671/

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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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  • 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 Wud
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