Unigwe Surname

217,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,887 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Unigwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unigwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,7951:98,6876,737
United States461:7,879,542351,394
England251:2,228,72284,230
Scotland81:669,22723,443
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Unigwe (32) may also be a first name.

Unigwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Unigwe is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Unigwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Unigwe is the 217,322nd most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,861,975 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Unigwe are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 32 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,795 people, or 1 in 98,687. In Nigeria Unigwe is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 27 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Enugu, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Unigwe occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Unigwe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Unigwe surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Unigwe earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 31.96% more than the national average, earning R 313,596 per year and in United States they earn 2.32% less than the national average, earning $42,149 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Unaigwe92201/
Uneigwe9210/
Unoigwe924/
Unnigwe923/
Ounigwe922/
Unigwwe921/
Unuigwe921/
Eunigwe921/
Unigbe83280/
Onigwe83136/
Unigue838/
Unigwa836/
Inigwe832/
Unikwe831/
Unugwe831/
Unuigbe772,869/
Onuigwe77894/
Onaigwe774/
Unuikwe771/
Eunugwe771/
Onhigwe771/
Unuigbey7115/
Onuigkwe713/
Onigue67867/
Unique67623/
Unegbe67357/
Unekwe67162/
Unegwa6729/
Onegwe6712/
Inikwe674/
Onygwe673/
Unegue671/
Hounhigbe671/
Houmnigue671/
Hounnigbe671/
Unikue671/

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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 Unigwe
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