Unambe Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

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

Unambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria351:5,061,222131,727
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Unambe (12) may also be a first name.

Unambe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Unambe is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Unambe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Unambe is the 3,017,195th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Unambe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Unambe are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 12 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 60 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 34 percent live and Ekiti, where 3 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Unambey924/
Unamba83968/
Inambe836/
Unambi836/
Unembe835/
Unamue832/
Ungambi77110/
Unanber774/
Unainbe774/
Onaumbe771/
Ounanbe771/
Inhambe771/
Gungombe711/
Ounoumbe711/
Unanue671,914/
Onombe67294/
Inembe67110/
Inombe6796/
Onamba6736/
Inambi6729/
Unomba673/
Unanba672/
Unembi671/
Inamby670/

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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 Unambe
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