Last name Coude (Koud 
, Coude 
) , in the world, is a common surname. The family name Coude is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common surname, the Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare surname, and France, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, and Canada. Much less frequently, Coude is the forename as well as the last name.