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 more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Unam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Unam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Unam is the 339,513th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,729,036 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Unam live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 310,909th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 706 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 659 people, or 1 in 268,805. In Nigeria Unam is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 53 percent live, Cross River, where 17 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
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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