Upelnieks Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Upelnieks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Upelnieks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia101:205,00522,061
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Upelnieks Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Upelnieks Come From? nationality or country of origin

Upelnieks is found most in Latvia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Upelnieks? popularity and diffusion

The surname Upelnieks is the 5,057,639th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Upelnieks reside; 73 percent reside in Northern Europe and 67 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The last name Upelnieks is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 205,005. In Latvia Upelnieks is most frequent in: Semigallia, where 50 percent are found, Riga Planning Region, where 40 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Latvia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Ireland, where 7 percent are found.

Upelnieks Last Name Statistics demography

Upelnieks earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Upelniek942/
Upelnicks892/
Abelnieks7839/
Opolnieks783/
Âbelnieks781/
Opoloniks671/
Abolnieks671/
Upluangsi5645/
Eplings502/
Aubol-Hanks501/
Eblings500/

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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 Upelnieks
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