Unaji Surname
Approximately 1,210 people bear this surname
Unaji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,194 | 1:148,361 | 9,421 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Unaji (239) may also be a first name.
Unaji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Unaji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Unaji (Hindi: उनाजी, Marathi: उनाजी) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Unaji? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 311,195th most frequent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 6,022,765 people. The surname Unaji is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Unaji live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Unaji is also the 578,640th most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 239 people.
The last name Unaji is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,194 people, or 1 in 148,361. In Nigeria Unaji is most prevalent in: Benue, where 41 percent live, Kaduna, where 10 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Unaji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Unaji in the Marathi language | ||
| उनाजी | unaji | 77.08 |
| उणाजी | unaji | 8.33 |
| उमाजी | umaji | 2.08 |
| ग़ुणाजी | gunaji | 2.08 |
| पुनाजी | punaji | 2.08 |
| उनजी | unaji | 2.08 |
| ऊनाजी | unaji | 2.08 |
| ऊनजी | unaji | 2.08 |
| फ़ुनाजी | funaji | 2.08 |
| Unaji in the Hindi language | ||
| उनाजी | unaji | 75 |
| ऊनाजी | unaji | 16.67 |
| ुनजी | unaji | 8.33 |
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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 Unaji
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