Cognomen Махмуди (Mahmudi 
, Махмуди 
, Mahmoody 
) , all over the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Махмуди is characteristic of North Macedonia, where it is quite a rare surname, Indonesia, and Afghanistan. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, Afghanistan, and Iran. Very seldom, Махмуди is the forename as well as the last name.