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
Union Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Union Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Union Come From? nationality or country of origin
Union (Russian: Унион) is carried by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Uñion. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Union? popularity and diffusion
Union is the 232,743rd most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 4,202,737 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Union are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 148,650th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 2,472 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Chad, where it is carried by 578 people, or 1 in 23,516. Apart from Chad it is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 21 percent live and Guinea, where 14 percent live.
Union Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Union has changed over time. In Wales the number of people who held the Union surname expanded 246 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it fell 55 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Union Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name 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
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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 Union
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