Unis Surname
Approximately 3,989 people bear this surname
Unis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,800 | 1:98,413 | 6,715 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| United States | 479 | 1:756,699 | 59,021 |
| Somalia | 343 | 1:39,219 | 1,895 |
| India | 222 | 1:3,455,249 | 98,719 |
| Indonesia | 162 | 1:816,353 | 61,944 |
| Pakistan | 142 | 1:1,258,056 | 14,753 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| Lithuania | 41 | 1:74,014 | 11,104 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| Jamaica | 18 | 1:159,442 | 5,298 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Guatemala | 6 | 1:2,680,445 | 6,792 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Uniś (1) & Üniş (4) are calculated separately.
Unis (5,116) may also be a first name.
Unis Demographics
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Unis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Unis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Unis (Hindi: उनीस, Marathi: उनीस) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Uniś or Üniş. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Unis? popularity and diffusion
The surname Unis is the 115,706th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,826,910 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Unis live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 94,838th most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 5,116 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,800 people, or 1 in 98,413. In Nigeria Unis is most prevalent in: Kano, where 97 percent reside, Borno, where 1 percent reside and Lagos, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.
Unis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Unis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Unis last name grew 7,983 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Unis Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Unis last name are 7.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.17% being registered with the party.
The amount Unis earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 26.77% more than the national average, earning $54,700 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.04% more than the national average, earning $57,157 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Unis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Unis in the Hindi language | ||
| उनीस | unisa | 67.57 |
| यूनिस | yunisa | 24.32 |
| युनिस | yunisa | 5.41 |
| Unis in the Marathi language | ||
| उनीस | unisa | 63.64 |
| उणीस | unisa | 27.27 |
| युनीस | yunisa | 9.09 |
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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 Unis
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