Unawi Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

Unawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458

Unawi (58) may also be a first name.

Unawi Last Name Facts

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

Unawi is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Unawi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Unawi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,532,898th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Unawi reside; 84 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 79 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Unawi is also the 1,295,729th most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 58 people.

The surname Unawi is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 11,248,691. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 89 percent live and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 11 percent live. Not including The Philippines Unawi is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 37 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live.

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Ungawi911/
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Unawa80167/
Inawi8052/
Unavi8040/
Unawe801/
Onawi801/
Hinawi734,267/
Hunawa73621/
Unnabi73509/
Ounabi73171/
Onaiwi73136/
Unaviy7347/
Jinawi7336/
Unabai7332/
Inawai7328/
Unnavi7327/
Innawi7313/
Unaiva739/
Inawoi737/
Onawui737/
Unabij736/
Gunawe735/
Unavai734/
Gunavi734/
Hunabi733/
Onawai733/
Inawui731/
Inawii731/
Uynawa731/
Utnavi731/
Unnawa731/
Unabhi731/
Uinabi731/
Onauwi731/
Unaboi731/
Unewie731/
Hinnawi676,333/
Unabhai673,489/
Ounnabi67241/
Haunawa67157/
Ohunawe6765/
Hinawai6737/
Uhnavyi6719/
Hinawiy6711/
Gunaway678/
Hunaivi676/
Unavais676/
Hounawe674/
Unaivay674/
Gunaivi673/
Jinnawi672/
Unaibai671/
Unavich671/
Unavish671/
Hungawe671/
Jinawai671/
Unaivie671/
Aunavhi671/
Gunnavi671/
Ounaway671/
Hunowai671/
Unavaip671/
Unavaai671/
Innawai671/
Hunahui671/
Huenawe671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Unawi
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