Upitis Surname

606,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Upitis Surname User-submission:

Comes from the Latvian word, upe, meaning 'river', being a diminutive male form of it.

Upitis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia3911:5,243723
Australia271:999,84158,390
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Belarus111:863,73365,346
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
England31:18,572,686338,250
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Upītis (11) are calculated separately.

Upitis Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Comes from the Latvian word, upe, meaning 'river', being a diminutive male form of it.

- zettiness

Upitis Last Name Facts

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

Upitis (Russian: Упитис) is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Upītis. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Upitis? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 606,498th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,261,342 people. Upitis occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Upitis live; 79 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The last name Upitis is most numerous in Latvia, where it is carried by 391 people, or 1 in 5,243. In Latvia Upitis is mostly found in: Riga Planning Region, where 58 percent are found, Vidzeme, where 16 percent are found and Latgale, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Latvia it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Upitis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Upitis surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Upitis earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.31% more than the national average, earning $50,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.4% more than the national average, earning $62,798 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Upītis9411/
Gupitis921/
Upiti912/
Uppiti8389/
Aupiti8344/
Hupiti8316/
Upaiti8313/
Upitiz833/
Gupiti833/
Uppithi777/
Uppitti771/
Uphithi771/
Upite733,084/
Upita73143/
Upeti7370/
Upaithai7110/
Upiter6756/
Hupite6721/
Uppeti6721/
Aupita679/
Upytys675/
Uppita674/
Aupeti671/
Gupite671/
Upetti671/
Utpeti671/

Upitis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Upitis in the Russian language
Упитисupitis-

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