Upele Surname
Approximately 383 people bear this surname
Upele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 373 | 1:474,914 | 23,911 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Upele (53) may also be a first name.
Upele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Upele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Upele is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Upele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 749,861st most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. The surname Upele occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Upele reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most prevalent given name at a global level, borne by 53 people.
Upele is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 373 people, or 1 in 474,914. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 71 percent live, Delta, where 9 percent live and Ogun, where 4 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upelle | 91 | 93 | / |
| Uspele | 91 | 42 | / |
| Oupele | 91 | 39 | / |
| Hupele | 91 | 22 | / |
| Ušpele | 91 | 1 | / |
| Upeleu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Uphele | 91 | 1 | / |
| Uple | 89 | 19 | / |
| Uppelle | 83 | 26 | / |
| Gaupele | 83 | 1 | / |
| Houpele | 83 | 1 | / |
| Upale | 80 | 4,948 | / |
| Upole | 80 | 911 | / |
| Upile | 80 | 459 | / |
| Ipele | 80 | 319 | / |
| Huple | 80 | 76 | / |
| Upple | 80 | 62 | / |
| Upela | 80 | 61 | / |
| Upelj | 80 | 37 | / |
| Ouple | 80 | 26 | / |
| Upeli | 80 | 8 | / |
| Uphel | 80 | 6 | / |
| Auphelle | 77 | 26 | / |
| Huppeler | 77 | 19 | / |
| Uppela | 73 | 247 | / |
| Hupale | 73 | 163 | / |
| Uppole | 73 | 102 | / |
| Uphale | 73 | 91 | / |
| Heuple | 73 | 65 | / |
| Upalee | 73 | 42 | / |
| Gupeli | 73 | 33 | / |
| Uppeli | 73 | 32 | / |
| Uppale | 73 | 30 | / |
| Upalle | 73 | 14 | / |
| Hupela | 73 | 11 | / |
| Hupple | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ippele | 73 | 7 | / |
| Upeliy | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gupile | 73 | 5 | / |
| Uphole | 73 | 4 | / |
| Upelay | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uppile | 73 | 3 | / |
| Upaale | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aupale | 73 | 2 | / |
| Upeela | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aupple | 73 | 1 | / |
| Upiela | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ipelei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eupela | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uzpile | 73 | 1 | / |
| Upalei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ipiele | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ipeele | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iphele | 73 | 1 | / |
| Upolle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Upheil | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ipeley | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uphile | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hippele | 67 | 77 | / |
| Uspelis | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ipeelie | 67 | 19 | / |
| Aupalee | 67 | 11 | / |
| Upfeild | 67 | 7 | / |
| Upessyl | 67 | 4 | / |
| Huppale | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gaupeli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ušpelis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uppalee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goupile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uppeeli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uppalle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gupheil | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iphelie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uppolle | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hipeley | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Upele
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