Upaya Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Upaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 102 | 1:7,520,249 | 162,050 |
| Ecuador | 84 | 1:189,355 | 7,703 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Upaya (399) may also be a first name.
Upaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Upaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Upaya (Marathi: उपया, Oriya: ଉପାୟ) has its highest incidence in India. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Upaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Upaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,055,483rd most frequently held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Upaya are found; 43 percent are found in South Asia and 43 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 432,205th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 399 people.
The surname is most widely held in India, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 7,520,249. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 97 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 1 percent are found. Apart from India Upaya occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 35 percent are found and Indonesia, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Upaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Upaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉପାୟ | upaya | - |
| Upaya in the Marathi language | ||
| उपया | upaya | 80 |
| ऊपया | upaya | 20 |
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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 Upaya
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