Upadyay Surname
Approximately 1,169 people bear this surname
Upadyay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,154 | 1:664,701 | 31,261 |
| Nepal | 10 | 1:2,848,096 | 9,545 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Upadyay (19) may also be a first name.
Upadyay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Upadyay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Upadyay (Hindi: उपाध्याय, Marathi: उपाध्याय, Oriya: ଉପାଦଯ୍ାୟ) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Upadyay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 319,816th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 6,234,000 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Upadyay live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous forename throughout the world, held by 19 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 1,154 people, or 1 in 664,701. In India Upadyay is most common in: Karnataka, where 24 percent live, Assam, where 17 percent live and Maharashtra, where 16 percent live. Not including India Upadyay exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Upadyay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Upadyay in the Hindi language | ||
| उपाध्याय | upadhyaya | 82.98 |
| उपाद्याय | upadyaya | 12.77 |
| उपाघ्याय | upaghyaya | 2.13 |
| उपध्याय | upadhyaya | 2.13 |
| Upadyay in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉପାଦଯ୍ାୟ | upadayaya | 50 |
| ଊପାଦଯ୍ାୟ | upadayaya | 50 |
| Upadyay in the Marathi language | ||
| उपाध्याय | upadhyaya | 44.05 |
| उपााय | upaaya | 39.29 |
| उपाध् | upadh | 11.9 |
| उपाय | upaya | 3.57 |
| उपध्याय | upadhyaya | 1.19 |
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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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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Upadyay
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