Unom Surname

381,197th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 935 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Unom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9261:191,29911,587
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Unom (121) may also be a first name.

Unom Last Name Facts

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

The last name Unom occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Unom? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 381,197th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 7,794,167 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Unom are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Unom is also the 848,089th most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 121 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 926 people, or 1 in 191,299. In Nigeria Unom is most common in: Benue, where 87 percent are found, Taraba, where 5 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gunom8998/
Ungom8939/
Unome8914/
Unoem892/
Unoom891/
Unuom891/
Unoum891/
Unnom891/
Unhom891/
Uenom891/
Umnom891/
Gounom8017/
Unuomd802/
Oungom801/
Ounhom801/
Ounoum801/
Umnomg801/
Gunhom801/
Unosem801/
Unnome801/
Gunnom800/
Unam751,083/
Unum751,016/
Unon75867/
Onom75318/
Inom7545/
Hounoum736/
Hounhom732/
Ounhome731/
Gounoum731/
Unnam677,406/
Onnom675,599/
Inhom67465/
Gunam67431/
Ungon67338/
Aunon67279/
Unong67269/
Ungum67225/
Unone67179/
Unaam67164/
Hunam67148/
Aunam67136/
Onhom67113/
Ugnon6781/
Ungam6776/
Uname6758/
Uinam6746/
Ounon6733/
Honom6732/
Unham6724/
Usnam6723/
Gunum6721/
Utnon6716/
Umhom6715/
Hunum6715/
Jinom6712/
Gunon6711/
Unoon679/
Onoum677/
Goungoum677/
Inoum677/
Hinom676/
Unume675/
Eunam673/
Innom673/
Hounnome673/
Unoun672/
Hunon672/
Unhon672/
Onoym672/
Hounhome672/
Hounoume672/
Unoin671/
Onoom671/
Utnam671/
Unaum671/
Eunon671/
Auñom671/
Inoom671/
Unamh671/
Oonom671/
Umnum671/
Unuum671/

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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 Unom
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