Upai Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Upai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 155 | 1:190,285 | 11,318 |
| Papua New Guinea | 84 | 1:97,068 | 13,033 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Upai (363) may also be a first name.
Upai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Upai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Upai (Bengali: উপাই, Hindi: उपाई, Marathi: उपाई, Oriya: ଊପାଇ) is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Upai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Upai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 866,642nd most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 23,282,894 people. The surname Upai is predominantly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Upai live; 61 percent live in Southeast Asia and 61 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 456,894th most commonly held given name throughout the world, borne by 363 people.
The surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 190,285. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Sarawak, where 85 percent live, Sabah, where 8 percent live and Johor, where 3 percent live. Barring Malaysia it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Upai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Upai in the Bengali language | ||
| উপাই | upa'i | - |
| Upai in the Hindi language | ||
| उपाई | upa'i | - |
| Upai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଊପାଇ | upa'i | - |
| Upai in the Marathi language | ||
| उपाई | upa'i | 78.57 |
| उपई | upa'i | 21.43 |
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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 Upai
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