Unique Surname

521,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 623 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Israel

Unique Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unique Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran3571:215,07716,985
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Israel451:190,17018,708
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
France231:2,887,944200,772
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Unique (3,598) may also be a first name.

Unique Last Name Facts

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

The last name Unique (Arabic: يونيك) has its highest incidence in Iran. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Unique click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Unique? popularity and diffusion

It is the 521,888th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,697,505 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Unique live; 58 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Unique is also the 117,948th most frequent first name globally, borne by 3,598 people.

The last name is most common in Iran, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 215,077. In Iran it is most numerous in: Gilan Province, where 28 percent live, Tehran Province, where 20 percent live and West Azerbaijan Province, where 13 percent live. Excluding Iran this last name is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 20 percent live and Israel, where 7 percent live.

Unique Last Name Statistics demography

Unique earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 1.98% less than the national average, earning $48,697 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uniques926/
Eunique924/
Hunique923/
Gunique921/
Uniquea920/
Uniqu910/
Uniquest863/
Huenique861/
Unigue838/
Inique831/
Unikue831/
Uniq804/
Unice73579/
Unike73129/
Unuke73106/
Uniek7313/
Euniq731/
Uniqq731/
Huinaque71107/
Eounicqe711/
Eunice679,949/
Unigwe671,887/
Onigue67867/
Unigbe67280/
Eunike67265/
Guniqi6765/
Hunike6719/
Unaike6719/
Unueke6714/
Gunike6711/
Hunuke6710/
Uniche678/
Umnike678/
Huniek678/
Eunuke674/
Unnisq673/
Aunice673/
Uñiqua672/
Aunike672/
Unicke671/
Unicee671/
Unuike671/
Unikwe671/
Unugwe671/
Uneice671/
Ounice671/
Auniek671/
Unegue671/
Unikhe671/
Iñique671/
Huniec671/
Houmnigue671/
Unieck670/

Unique Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Unique in the Arabic language
يونيكywnyk-
نيقوnyqw-

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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 Unique
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