Upulu Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Upulu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Upulu (14) may also be a first name.
Upulu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Upulu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Upulu (Oriya: ଉପୁଲୁ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Upulu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Upulu are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Upulu is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 14 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 39 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uppulu | 91 | 26 | / |
| Upulou | 91 | 6 | / |
| Upullu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Upulau | 91 | 1 | / |
| Uputlu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Uppullu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Uppulut | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ipulu | 80 | 293 | / |
| Upolu | 80 | 27 | / |
| Upilu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Upputllu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oupoulou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hipulu | 73 | 73 | / |
| Ippulu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Uppolu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Upollu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Iphulu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iepulu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uppilu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uppollu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uppilui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jipoulou | 62 | 49 | / |
| Ipilu | 60 | 39 | / |
| Ippilu | 55 | 1 | / |
Upulu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Upulu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉପୁଲୁ | upulu | - |
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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 Upulu
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