Upenda Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Upenda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Upenda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria971:1,826,21465,886
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
India51:153,413,076951,030

Upenda (665) may also be a first name.

Upenda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Upenda (Hindi: उपेन्द्र, Marathi: उपडं, Oriya: ଉେପ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Upenda? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,581,912th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Upenda are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Upenda is also the 321,817th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 665 people.

Upenda is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 1,826,214. In Nigeria Upenda is most frequent in: Benue, where 96 percent live, Nasarawa, where 3 percent live and Taraba, where 1 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Upenda exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Upendah921/
Upnda913/
Upendo83322/
Upendi8361/
Ipenda8324/
Upinda835/
Upemda831/
Upende831/
Upender771,063/
Hupendi7714/
Gupinda774/
Gupendo771/
Huependo7199/
Uppender7187/
Huspendi7127/
Upendher7122/
Hupfende711/
Upenderr711/
Upindi67642/
Upindo67359/
Upndit67189/
Upinde67121/
Ipendo6723/
Ipinda6720/
Upndey671/
Uppenderr671/
Uupindi622,106/
Aupindi62207/
Uupndit625/
Upinder623/
Upindou621/
Haupindi57586/
Ipindo50116/

Upenda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Upenda in the Hindi language
उपेन्द्रupendra-
Upenda in the Marathi language
उपडंupadam-
Upenda in the Oriya language
ଉେପuepa90.91
ମେଢଇmedha'i9.09

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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 Upenda
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