United Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

United Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

United Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada1131:326,06729,799
Iran521:1,476,58759,047
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

United (444) may also be a first name.

United Last Name Facts

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

The surname United is carried by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of United.

How Common Is The Last Name United? popularity and diffusion

United is the 1,286,243rd most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of United are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 406,780th most numerous first name globally, held by 444 people.

United is most frequently held in Canada, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 326,067. In Canada United is mostly concentrated in: New Brunswick, where 30 percent live, Saskatchewan, where 24 percent live and Newfoundland and Labrador, where 23 percent live. Excluding Canada this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 29 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

United Last Name Statistics demography

United earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 19.34% less than the national average, earning $40,076 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Unitied922/
Unite91661/
Unitiedt861/
Unites8355/
Unaite8314/
Ungite838/
Gunite835/
Aunite833/
Uniter833/
Uniete831/
Hunite831/
Ounite831/
Unitiet773/
Hunitie773/
Unoites772/
Gungite772/
Gunaite771/
Inhited771/
Gaunite771/
Unittie771/
Auneite771/
Unity731,119/
Unita73802/
Uniti73100/
Onite736/
Unete731/
Unitá731/
Husnaite711/
Outgnite711/
Unittech711/
Haugnite710/
Unithi671,312/
Unitay67147/
Guniti67143/
Unitis6782/
Gunity6778/
Usniti6720/
Huniti6716/
Hunita6713/
Onaite679/
Eunita679/
Unitha677/
Ungiti677/
Unitiy676/
Gunjte674/
Aunita673/
Eunity672/
Oneite672/
Unette672/
Unnita672/
Honite672/
Onithe672/
Ounita672/
Unetes671/
Unitaj671/
Aunete671/
Gunete671/
Unithy671/
Onitei671/
Oniete671/
Eunete671/
Ugnete671/

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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 United
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