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
Average Unis Salary in
United States
$54,700 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Uniś or Üniş. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Unis? popularity and diffusion
It is the 115,706th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,826,910 people. This surname is mostly found 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 held given name world-wide. It is borne by 5,116 people.
The surname Unis is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,800 people, or 1 in 98,413. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kano, where 97 percent are found, Borno, where 1 percent are found and Lagos, where 1 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Unis is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.
Unis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Unis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Unis last name expanded 7,983 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Unis Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Unis last name is predominantly Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Unis last name are 7.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.17% being registered with the political 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
- 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 Unis
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