Up Surname

445,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 766 people bear this surname

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

Up Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Up Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia4471:295,85926,345
India1951:3,933,669107,487
Papua New Guinea371:220,37130,351
Turkey161:4,863,839107,230
Cambodia141:1,106,2255,638
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
England91:6,190,895170,599
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Up (985) may also be a first name.

Up Last Name Facts

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

The last name Up (Hindi: उप, Marathi: उप, Oriya: ଉପ, Russian: Уп) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Up? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 445,430th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,513,768 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Up live; 58 percent live in Southeast Asia and 56 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 256,678th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 985 people.

This last name is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 447 people, or 1 in 295,859. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: West Kalimantan, where 38 percent are found, East Java, where 19 percent are found and West Java, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Upe805,893/
Upp801,482/
Ups801,360/
Hup801,230/
Gup80760/
Aup80346/
Upf80127/
Upt80109/
Uzp8036/
Eup8029/
Oup8028/
Uph8018/
Uip8012/
Ujp8010/
Udp809/
Utp808/
Uhp808/
Usp804/
Ubp804/
Uup803/
Upz803/
Uyp801/
U67304,354/
Hupp678,408/
Hupe674,155/
Uppe671,559/
Aupe671,239/
Hupf671,128/
Houp67943/
Gaup67533/
Heup67299/
Goup67192/
Gupp6742/
Haup6737/
Hups6727/
Hňup6723/
Hupt6713/
Hubp6713/
Gupf6713/
Ahup6713/
Upps679/
Usps677/
Oupe676/
Husp675/
Ausp675/
Auph675/
Eupe675/
Utpf675/
Huph675/
Uype674/
Aupt674/
Uphe674/
Uspe673/
Uupp673/
Aups672/
Uisp672/
Uitp672/
Uhyp672/
Ujhp672/
Ujpe672/
Upch672/
Ubpe672/
Aupp672/
Ouph671/
Ohup671/
Upfe671/
Upsh671/
Usph671/
Uchp671/
Huip671/
Euph671/
Ousp671/
Oupp671/
Ubhp671/
Ubph671/
Udpt671/
Uppt671/
Upss671/
Uptt671/
Uphs671/
Uphz671/
Ujpf671/
Ujph671/
Uiph671/
Uipt671/
Uipz671/
Ujbp671/
Ujdp671/
Uhpe671/
Uhph671/
Uhps671/
Uhzp671/
Uszp671/
Ushp671/
Utdp671/
Uspz671/
Uupz671/
Utph671/
Uyjp671/
Uypt671/
Uzzp671/
Eubp671/
Eutp671/
Eupt671/
Audp671/
Auhp671/
Autp671/
Guhp671/
Guup671/
Hujp671/
Hudp671/
Guph670/

Up Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Up in the Oriya language
ଉପupa-
Up in the Marathi language
उपupa-
Up in the Hindi language
उपupa56.41
उपाupa43.59
Up in the Russian language
Упup-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Up
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