Upuu Surname

801,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Upuu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Upuu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3411:519,48025,666
India61:127,844,230863,365
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Upuu (61) may also be a first name.

Upuu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Upuu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Upuu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 801,116th most widespread family name globally, borne by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Upuu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Upuu is also the 1,257,960th most common first name at a global level It is held by 61 people.

Upuu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 341 people, or 1 in 519,480. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 80 percent live, Nasarawa, where 17 percent live and Kano, where 3 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uppuu8912/
Upuuh891/
Upu861,960/
Uuspuu8014/
Uispuu801/
Uppu7522,007/
Aupu75371/
Uphu75217/
Upuy75101/
Gupu7556/
Upuh7551/
Eupu7549/
Upau7544/
Hupu7536/
Țupu7532/
Ipuu7528/
Uput7527/
Upue759/
Upus757/
Udpu756/
Upeu756/
Upfu755/
Oupu753/
Uupu753/
Upui752/
Uypu751/
Upuz751/
Ubpu751/
Upup751/
Upgu751/
Uspu751/
Uipiouu731/
Uphus67412/
Utphu67117/
Uphau67105/
Haupu6774/
Oupeu6774/
Ahupu6757/
Upphu6745/
Gaupu6723/
Uuppu6716/
Uppus6714/
Oupau6711/
Gupeu676/
Guppu676/
Uppau673/
Gupuy673/
Ushpu673/
Goupu672/
Uppui671/
Huppu671/
Guphu671/
Uippu671/
Uppou671/
Houpu671/
Hupuy671/
Oupou671/
Ujpau671/
Upahu671/
Aupuy671/
Huphu671/
Auphu671/

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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 Upuu
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