Upington Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Upington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Upington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
England171:3,277,533109,658
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Upington (106) may also be a first name.

Upington Last Name Facts

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

The last name Upington is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Upington click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Upington? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,979,664th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Upington occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Upington reside; 47 percent reside in Southern Africa and 47 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 915,176th most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 106 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa Upington is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 63 percent are found, Northern Cape, where 21 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 40 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Upington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Upington has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Upington last name increased 567 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Upington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Upington last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

The amount Upington earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 42.8% less than the national average, earning R 135,936 per year and in United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 USD per year.

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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 Upington
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