Makhmudov / Mahmudov (masculine), Makhmudova / Mahmudova (feminine) is a surname common in the former Soviet countries. It is a patronymic surname derived from the given name Makhmud by the Russian way of patronymic derivation with the suffix -ov.
Patronymic surnames derived from similar given names include Makhmutov, Mammadov, Mammedov, Mehmedović, Mehmedov.
Notable people with the surname include: Abdul Mahmudov Aida Mahmudova Arastun Mahmudov Akzhol Makhmudov Arslanbek Makhmudov (born 1989), Russian heavyweight boxer Denis Mahmudov Dilshod Mahmudov (born 1982), Uzbekistani boxer Eldar Mahmudov Emin Mahmudov (born 1992), Azerbaijani-Russian football player Iskander Makhmudov (born 1963), Uzbek-born Russian businessman and philanthropist Jeyran Mahmudova Khazar Mahmudov Khurshed Makhmudov (born 1982), Tajikistani football player Mustafa Mahmudov Nado Makhmudov (1907–1990), Armenian-born Soviet Kurdish writer Shahlo Mahmudova Viktor Makhmudov Yagub Mahmudov (born 1939), Azerbaijani historian
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