Upadhyaya is used as a family name or surname in Nepal. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Upadhyaya
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Nepal
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Upadhyaya

How popular is Upadhyaya?

Upadhyaya is common in Nepal.

Upadhyaya is ranked 7855 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Upadhyayas grew by 68.50394 per cent to 642 since 2000 and ranked 35096 after elevating 16256 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 95.17 93.18
White 2.49 3.94
Others 2.34 2.89
Upadhyaya is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Nepal is ahead in terms of density. Around 68818 people have been found who wears Upadhyaya as their family name. Upadhyaya is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
4,921 Uganda5
10,542 China4
4,529 Mauritius3
67,494 South Africa3
14,078 Japan3
15,749 Finland3
6,270 Hong Kong3
10,267 Sri Lanka2
7,574 Bangladesh2
35,969 Denmark2
723,167 Indonesia2
6,900 Oman2
65,594 Belgium2
89,020 Tanzania2
124,220 Italy2
18,969 Wales1
897,276 Russia1
7,790 Zambia1
53,033 Nigeria1
30,360 Thailand1
492,292 Ukraine1
277,603 France1
9,498 Iceland1
31,207 Ireland1
17,575 Kuwait1
12,745 Luxembourg1
118,015 Netherlands1
28,746 Algeria1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
17,768 Pakistan1
7,895 South Korea1
10,190 Bahrain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,103 Norway33
8,720 Qatar29
14,963 Scotland26
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
28,444 Australia82
16,052 Sweden58
5,773 Singapore53
Countries with hundreds of Upadhyaya:
32,372 United States901
12,259 England495
11,492 Kenya392
4,038 United Arab Emirates245
43,536 Germany235
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
9,948 Austria131
13,194 Malaysia126
30,049 Canada112
Countries with ten thousands of Upadhyaya:
1,638 India35,993
135 Nepal29,648
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Upadhyaya Namesakes

  • Ashwini A. Upadhyaya, Author
  • Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, Philosopher
  • Baldev Upadhyaya, Historian
  • Bhavesh Upadhyaya, TV Producer
  • Pandit Daya Shankar Upadhyaya, Richa Sharma's father
  • Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, Philosopher
  • Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Politician
  • Baldev Upadhyaya, Historian
  • Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, Philosopher
  • Mihir Upadhyaya, Film director
  • In 0, Neelam Upadhyaya played the role of N in 0 flick Pandagala Vachadu.

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