Unam Surname
Approximately 1,083 people bear this surname
Unam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 659 | 1:268,805 | 15,334 |
| Papua New Guinea | 210 | 1:38,827 | 4,689 |
| Indonesia | 88 | 1:1,502,832 | 101,066 |
| India | 66 | 1:11,622,203 | 212,115 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Unam (706) may also be a first name.
Unam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Unam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Unam (Hindi: उनम, Marathi: उनम, Russian: Унам) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Unam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Unam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Unam is the 339,513th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 6,729,036 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Unam live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Unam is also the 310,909th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 706 people.
Unam is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 659 people, or 1 in 268,805. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 53 percent are found, Cross River, where 17 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Unam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Unam in the Marathi language | ||
| उनम | unama | 71.88 |
| उनाम | unama | 12.5 |
| पूनम | punama | 6.25 |
| ुनम | unama | 3.13 |
| उणम | unama | 3.13 |
| पुनम | punama | 3.13 |
| Unam in the Hindi language | ||
| उनम | unama | 44.44 |
| ऊनम | unama | 20 |
| ्ूनम | unama | 17.78 |
| उनाम | unama | 8.89 |
| ूनम | unama | 4.44 |
| ुनम | unama | 2.22 |
| पूनम | punama | 2.22 |
| Unam in the Russian language | ||
| Унам | unam | - |
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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 Unam
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