Upītis

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Strauts, neliela upīte

Upītis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Uganda than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia≈1 in 6.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • UGUganda≈1 in 17K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 1.6M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Uganda (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,500 people, est.

Sources
24 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Upitis in US United States, AU Australia, CA Canada and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Latvian

Strauts, neliela upīte

Sources 1

  • Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Upītis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Upītis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
UG Uganda—≈2,500 est.≈1 in 17KUpitis1
LV Latvia#130≈300 est.≈1 in 6.3KUpītis23
ES Spain—≈23 est.≈1 in 2.1MUpitis5
US United States—≈21 est.≈1 in 16MUpitis20
AU Australia—≈16 est.≈1 in 1.6MUpitis18
CA Canada—≈13 est.≈1 in 2.9MUpitis24

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Upītis is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Latvia, Spain

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Upitis

  • Russian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Latvia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Упитис, Upitis

  • a separate surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia

    Also written Upitis

  • Czech name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Upitis

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Upitis

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Upitis

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Upītis is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, Zema, mitra vieta

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Ālants

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Upītis mean?
Recorded meaning: Strauts, neliela upīte
In which country does Upītis have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.5 thousand people named Upītis in Uganda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled upitis.
How common is the name Upītis?
Mondonomo estimates about 2,500 people in Uganda have Upītis as their first surname, about 1 in 17 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Upītis compared with other names?
In Latvia, Upītis is the 130th most common surname of 60,294 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Upītis” — the 130th most common surname in Latvia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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