Upatu Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Upatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 133 | 1:398,057 | 28,212 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
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 borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Upatu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,511,557th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Upatu reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Upatu is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 398,057. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Tanga Region, where 90 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 7 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Upatu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Upatu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉପାତୁ | upatu | - |
| Upatu in the Marathi language | ||
| उपटु | upatu | 66.67 |
| उपटू | upatu | 33.33 |
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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
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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 Upatu
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