Upatu Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Upatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Upatu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1331:398,05728,212
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Upatu (11) may also be a first name.

Upatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Upatu (Marathi: उपटु, Oriya: ଉପାତୁ) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Upatu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,511,557th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Upatu live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent given name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.

It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 398,057. In Tanzania Upatu is most frequent in: Tanga Region, where 90 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 7 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania Upatu exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uppatu911/
Uphattu836/
Uppathu831/
Ipatu8053/
Upetu804/
Uppotu731/
Ipathu731/
Jipatu731/
Houpotou621/
Ipetu6088/
Ipotu6025/
Houppotou571/
Jipetu55103/
Ipoutou508/
Jiphetu502/
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Upatu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Upatu in the Oriya language
ଉପାତୁupatu-
Upatu in the Marathi language
उपटुupatu66.67
उपटूupatu33.33

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Upatu
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