Unican Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Unican Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unican Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Unican Last Name Facts

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

The surname Unican is more frequently found in The United Arab Emirates than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Unican? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Unican reside; 61 percent reside in West Asia and 61 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

It is most commonly used in The United Arab Emirates, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 832,934. Without taking into account The United Arab Emirates this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 17 percent live and Spain, where 11 percent live.

Unican Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Unican has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Unican surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ungican921/
Unichan921/
Hunican920/
Unnichan863/
Unisan8384/
Unicon8331/
Unikan832/
Unijan831/
Unicen831/
Unecan831/
Unizan831/
Onican831/
Inican831/
Euniceann801/
Honican77156/
Unnisan7727/
Unaizan774/
Unisanh773/
Onicean772/
Unitkan771/
Uniskan771/
Unnikan771/
Unechan771/
Unikhan771/
Ounigian7114/
Unnikkan714/
Ungeycan712/
Honnican710/
Onikan67289/
Onizan67241/
Unison6767/
Onecan6737/
Unisam6724/
Inecan676/
Unijam675/
Inikan674/
Unikam673/
Unecam673/
Inicon672/
Uneigiang672/
Unukan672/
Unicom672/
Unezan671/
Hounhizan671/
Houngnitchan671/
Unizam671/

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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 Unican
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis