Unknown Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Tonga

Unknown Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unknown Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada2071:177,99817,780
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Iran41:19,195,631219,601
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Tonga11:107,313791
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1291:389,29229,048

Unknown (969) may also be a first name.

Unknown Last Name Facts

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

Unknown is found in Canada more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Unknown? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,055,483rd most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Unknown live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America. Unknown is also the 259,003rd most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 969 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Canada, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 177,998. In Canada Unknown is most frequent in: Ontario, where 99 percent live, New Brunswick, where 0 percent live and Quebec, where 0 percent live. Aside from Canada this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live and Iran, where 2 percent live.

Unknown Last Name Statistics demography

Unknown earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 5.31% more than the national average, earning $52,322 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Unknoown934/
Unknohwn931/
Unknnown931/
Unknwn925/
Unknovn863/
Unknwon862/
Unkonwn861/
Unknonw861/
Unkhanon80127/
Oneknown801/
Ungknawin751/
Aneknon719/
Inkanon717/
Enkanon715/
Ounkowinon711/
Anukanon6760/
Uankanyayon6730/
Angnowen6725/
Inkonion671/
Ainkanon671/
Ungganon671/
Yankanon671/
Ungonion671/
Onkonwon671/

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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 Unknown
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