Is "Udo" a Japanese name/surname?

I do have a brother named "Udo", and as far as I know, it is a masculine given name (Wikipedia), but to be fair, the only other Udo I do know of was the late Udo Jürgens.

Then there's Udo Shigetaka (https://tigertranslations.org/2020/01/15/flower-field-demon-king-0/ or https://www.novelupdates.com/series/ohanabatake-no-maousama/). If it is following the rules for Japanese names, Udo is a surname, and Shigetaka is the given name. Is that right? Do you know of another word that is a given name in one country and a surname (family name) in another?

 

Lee

 

Udo is what you call a vegetable (pun intended).

 

Udo is a thigh in Polish
And can't you just ask your parents?

 

“James” can be either in the U.S.. It’s usually a given name, but hey, there’s Jesse James.

 

Ask what?

 

If they know any other people who are named Udo

 

Udo/Uto is a Japanese surname, yes. It's written as 宇戸. It roughly means 'house door'. Ai-chan personally has never met someone with the surname Udo, though.

 

They know, they are of German ascendence, Udo a name that is not that rare. That is not the point, here...

 

So i tought You are saying that, you dont know any other people with that name.