Unkun Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Unkun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unkun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1991:391,06223,923
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Unkun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Unkun is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Unkun? popularity and diffusion

The surname Unkun is the 1,136,896th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Unkun live; 93 percent live in West Asia and 93 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

Unkun is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 391,062. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Kahramanmaras Province, where 71 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 11 percent are found and Osmaniye Province, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Turkey this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 3 percent are found and Thailand, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aunkun912/
Ungkun912/
Unkoun911/
Uengkun83241/
Hunkung831/
Aungkun831/
Hunkoun831/
Hunkunt831/
Hungkun831/
Onkun80621/
Inkun8056/
Uncun808/
Hunkuten7765/
Unkunova7723/
Hounkoun772/
Hunkhunt771/
Haunkaun771/
Ingkun7361/
Uncung7347/
Aunkum7315/
Huncun7312/
Jinkun739/
Ounkum738/
Unkhum735/
Hunkon735/
Aunkon734/
Hinkun732/
Ounkon731/
Hongkun67460/
Aungkon67360/
Aunkhum6718/
Hounkon6715/
Jingkun6713/
Huncung6712/
Aungkum674/
Ungkoon672/
Uncheun671/
Eounkum671/
Hungkon671/
Haunkum671/
Huncunt671/
Heunkum671/

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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 Unkun
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