Upir Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Belarus

Upir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Upir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria591:3,002,42093,371
Russia571:2,528,475145,724
Belarus111:863,73365,346
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Kyrgyzstan51:1,194,53165,188
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Upir (169) may also be a first name.

Upir Last Name Facts

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

The surname Upir (Marathi: उपीर, Russian: Упир) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Upir? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,409,418th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name Upir is predominantly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Upir live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Upir is also the 703,581st most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 169 people.

The surname Upir is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria Upir is primarily found in: Benue, where 98 percent live and Nasarawa, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 37 percent live and Belarus, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Upire8928/
Gupir8923/
Hupir8913/
Upier897/
Uphir891/
Uppir891/
Upair891/
Aupair8028/
Oupier8026/
Hupirt8018/
Uppire801/
Aupier801/
Uppair801/
Hupier801/
Huppir800/
Upyr75618/
Ipir75231/
Uper75224/
Upre75216/
Upjr752/
Upirova7360/
Houpier7353/
Haupier733/
Ouphier731/
Auphier731/
Upper67906/
Euper67198/
Huper67123/
Upere6764/
Hipir6728/
Ipier6727/
Guper6724/
Jipir6720/
Upeer6716/
Upert6715/
Ouper6711/
Uppre675/
Hupre675/
Ipair674/
Auper672/
Uperr671/
Aupre671/
Oupre671/
Eupre671/
Upfer670/
Upher670/
Upger670/

Upir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Upir in the Marathi language
उपीरupira-
Upir in the Russian language
Упирupir-

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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 Upir
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