Unga Surname
Approximately 4,205 people bear this surname
Unga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,366 | 1:96,815 | 10,049 |
| DR Congo | 725 | 1:101,903 | 11,389 |
| India | 575 | 1:1,334,027 | 51,967 |
| Philippines | 371 | 1:272,879 | 39,888 |
| United States | 234 | 1:1,548,970 | 104,799 |
| Romania | 159 | 1:126,276 | 13,849 |
| Malaysia | 148 | 1:199,285 | 11,752 |
| Papua New Guinea | 120 | 1:67,948 | 8,868 |
| Tanzania | 109 | 1:485,703 | 32,780 |
| Estonia | 96 | 1:13,769 | 2,151 |
| Sweden | 65 | 1:151,489 | 10,616 |
| Solomon Islands | 64 | 1:9,063 | 1,526 |
| Finland | 58 | 1:94,771 | 9,814 |
| Japan | 24 | 1:5,326,846 | 39,939 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Tonga | 9 | 1:11,924 | 307 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Uñga (25) are calculated separately.
Unga (2,030) may also be a first name.
Unga Demographics
Average Unga Salary in
United States
$41,205 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Unga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Unga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Unga (Hindi: ऊंगा, Marathi: उंगा, Oriya: ଉଂଗା, Russian: Уньга) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Uñga. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Unga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Unga is the 110,520th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,733,067 people. The last name Unga is predominantly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Unga live; 45 percent live in Southeast Asia and 41 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 167,576th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 2,030 people.
The surname Unga is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,366 people, or 1 in 96,815. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: South Sulawesi, where 34 percent live, Southeast Sulawesi, where 17 percent live and Maluku, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name exists in 32 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
Unga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Unga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Unga last name rose 23,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Unga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Unga surname are 26.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 79.31% registered to vote for the political party.
Unga earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.51% less than the national average, earning $41,205 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Unga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Unga in the Marathi language | ||
| उंगा | unga | - |
| Unga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉଂଗା | unga | 85.71 |
| ଗଉଡ | ga'uda | 14.29 |
| Unga in the Hindi language | ||
| ऊंगा | unga | 46.67 |
| उंगा | unga | 40 |
| उँगा | umga | 6.67 |
| ूंगा | unga | 6.67 |
| Unga in the Russian language | ||
| Уньга | unga | - |
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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 Unga
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