Unamba Surname

370,969th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 968 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Unamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8571:206,70112,323
Papua New Guinea651:125,44217,113
United States211:17,259,949572,238
England51:11,143,612252,590
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Iceland11:380,09011,096
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Unamba (14) may also be a first name.

Unamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Unamba is found most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Unamba? popularity and diffusion

Unamba is the 370,969th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,528,457 people. The surname Unamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Unamba live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Unamba is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 857 people, or 1 in 206,701. In Nigeria Unamba is mostly found in: Lagos, where 24 percent live, Abia, where 13 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Unamba Last Name Statistics demography

Unamba earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.13% less than the national average, earning $38,347 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ungamba9234/
Unambad922/
Unambah921/
Gunamba921/
Unasimba861/
Hungamba861/
Unambe8342/
Onamba8336/
Inamba8333/
Unemba839/
Unambi836/
Unomba833/
Unambo833/
Unanba832/
Ou'gnamba801/
Ungambi77110/
Ungomba7775/
Inambau7723/
Ungambo774/
Unambey774/
Onambay771/
Onaumba771/
Hinamba771/
Houngnamba7575/
Uchennamba753/
Gunanbai714/
Hungomba711/
Inambo67609/
Unanua67436/
Unanwa6726/
Onambo6721/
Onomba675/
Onanba673/
Onamva671/
Unombo671/
Unamuo671/
Gounambou671/

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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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  • 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 Unamba
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