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 last name Upele has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Upele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 749,861st most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. The surname Upele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Upele live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Upele is also the 1,366,219th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 53 people.
The surname Upele is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 373 people, or 1 in 474,914. In Nigeria Upele is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 71 percent reside, Delta, where 9 percent reside and Ogun, where 4 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Upele occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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
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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 Upele
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