Unaam Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Unaam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unaam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1611:1,100,26645,533
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Unaam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Unaam is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Unaam? popularity and diffusion

The last name Unaam is the 1,353,468th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. Unaam is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Unaam live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 161 people, or 1 in 1,100,266. In Nigeria Unaam is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 78 percent are found, Delta, where 7 percent are found and Rivers, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Unam891,083/
Gunnaam834/
Unnam807,406/
Inaam801,803/
Gunam80431/
Hunam80148/
Aunam80136/
Ungam8076/
Unaan8064/
Uname8058/
Uinam8046/
Unham8024/
Usnam8023/
Uneam805/
Eunam803/
Unaim803/
Unaum801/
Utnam801/
Unamh801/
Gunnam739,063/
Hunnam73394/
Unahan73171/
Hounam73121/
Gunaan7382/
Huinam7358/
Gunaim7339/
Ahunam7336/
Gungam736/
Jinaam735/
Ounaim735/
Huname734/
Hunaim733/
Huynam733/
Innaam733/
Husnam733/
Hutnam732/
Heunam732/
Unnaim732/
Uunnam732/
Unasim732/
Hunamt731/
Ienaam731/
Hunaan731/
Eunamh731/
Usnaan731/
Unaism731/
Guunam731/
Uinnam731/
Hugnam731/
Haunam731/
Gunamm731/
Hunham730/
Inam6727,905/
Unan672,704/
Onam671,306/
Unom67935/
Hunngam67408/
Unanova67146/
Jinnaam6751/
Goungam6740/
Hugnaan6735/
Hungaan6713/
Gunnamm677/
Utennam675/
Aunahan672/
Hounham672/
Unahane672/
Hungnam672/
Oumneam671/
Hounnam671/
Husnaan671/
Ugnahan671/
Ungahan671/
Unamova671/
Ounaane671/
Hunahan670/
Hausnam670/
Unaimnd670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Unaam
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