Union Surname
Approximately 1,734 people bear this surname
Union Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Chile | 365 | 1:48,264 | 2,223 |
| Guinea | 247 | 1:47,910 | 656 |
| Philippines | 197 | 1:513,900 | 59,710 |
| Nigeria | 184 | 1:962,732 | 41,060 |
| Spain | 55 | 1:850,037 | 34,138 |
| Wales | 32 | 1:96,704 | 7,743 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 21 | 1:210,946 | 9,809 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 40 | 1:609,384 | 30,680 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:120,647 | 5,000 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:311,935 | 9,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 82 | 1:612,423 | 40,920 |
The alternate forms: Uñion (1) are calculated separately.
Union (2,472) may also be a first name.
Union Demographics
Average Male Union Height
176.15 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Union Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Union Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Union (Russian: Унион) is more frequently found in Chad than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Uñion. Click here for other possible spellings of Union.
How Common Is The Last Name Union? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 232,743rd most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,202,737 people. The surname Union occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Union are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Union is also the 148,650th most widely held forename globally. It is borne by 2,472 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Chad, where it is carried by 578 people, or 1 in 23,516. Apart from Chad Union is found in 27 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 21 percent live and Guinea, where 14 percent live.
Union Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Union has changed over time. In Wales the number of people who held the Union surname increased 246 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it decreased 55 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Union Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Union surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Union Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Union in the Russian language | ||
| Унион | union | - |
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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 Union
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