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Indo-Nepalese family name

Upreti / Uprety
Origin
Pronunciation	/ʌpˈrɛtiː/ UP-reh-TEE Hindi pronunciation: [ʊp'reːt̪iː]
Meaning	derived from the village name Upreda or Upretyada, meaning "originated from Upreda" based on claim regarding the word derived from Sanskrit Uparati, meaning "cessation from worldly pleasure".
Region of origin	Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, India
Other names
See also	Acharya, Joshi, Pant, Sharma, Upadhyay

Upreti or Upraiti, sometimes spelled as Uprety. also (ISO: Upretī), is a surname.

Notable people with Upreti as a surname

Almoda Rana Uprety; Nepalese singer and musician
Arun Kumar Upreti, Indian politician
Benoy Upreti; Indian cricketer
Bharat Raj Upreti; Former judge of the Supreme Court of Nepal
Bishal Nath Upreti; Nepalese academic
Dalip Kumar Upreti; Indian lichenologist
Hari Prasad Upreti; Nepalese politician
Kharananda Upreti; Indian politician
Kul Prasad Uprety, Nepalese politician
Melissa Upreti; Nepalese Lawyer and Human rights Expert
Mohan Upreti; Indian playwright and theatre personality
Nikhil Upreti; Nepalese actor
Nilkantha Upreti; Former Chief Election Commissioner of Nepal
Ramesh Upreti; Nepalese actor
Sanjeev Uprety; Nepalese journalist

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