Unningham Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Unningham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unningham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080

Unningham Last Name Facts

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

Unningham is most common in The United States. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Unningham click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Unningham? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Unningham occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Unningham live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Unningham is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Unningham is primarily concentrated in: West Virginia, where 40 percent are found, Michigan, where 20 percent are found and Ohio, where 20 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 14 percent are found and England, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gunningham95582/
Hunningham953/
Eunningham953/
Guningham8923/
Hunninghan842/
Honningham841/
Uningamm824/
Ungham8021/
Guninghan780/
Outingham780/
Hunngam75408/
Eousingham740/
Hunninghausen736/
Ungam7176/
Houngham711/
Huningan710/
Unggam6768/
Onngam6748/
Ongham6713/
Gungam676/
Huisingam672/
Utngam671/
Hungingan671/

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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 Unningham
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