Upay Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Upay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Upay (757) may also be a first name.
Upay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Upay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Upay (Bengali: উপায়, Hindi: उपाय, Marathi: उपाय, Oriya: ଉପାୟ, Tibetan: ཨུ་པེ་) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Upay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,602,217th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Upay are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Upay is also the 298,585th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 757 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 5,289,968. In Indonesia Upay is primarily found in: West Java, where 96 percent reside and East Kalimantan, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 7 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Upay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Upay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨུ་པེ་ | upé | - |
| Upay in the Bengali language | ||
| উপায় | upaya | - |
| Upay in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉପାୟ | upaya | 80 |
| ଊପାୟ | upaya | 20 |
| Upay in the Marathi language | ||
| उपाय | upaya | 75 |
| उपय | upaya | 25 |
| Upay in the Hindi language | ||
| उपाय | upaya | 66.67 |
| उपय | upaya | 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 Upay
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