Unow Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Unow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines201:5,061,911170,869
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224

Unow Last Name Facts

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

Unow is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Unow.

How Common Is The Last Name Unow? popularity and diffusion

Unow is the 3,730,171st most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. Unow occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Unow reside; 89 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 86 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 5,061,911. In The Philippines Unow is mostly found in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 95 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 5 percent are found. Besides The Philippines Unow exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 18 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hunow89221/
Gunow8912/
Unnow894/
Ungow891/
Hunowa809/
Ausnow803/
Gunnow801/
Gaunow800/
Unaw7561/
Onow7560/
Unov7551/
Inow7511/
Unob756/
Hausnow731/
Hougnow731/
Hounnow731/
Umnov673,471/
Jinow67653/
Onowa67248/
Gunov67225/
Ihnow67127/
Honow6742/
Hunof6727/
Hunov6717/
Ounob6714/
Unova6714/
Unoev6713/
Hunaw676/
Usnov676/
Aunov673/
Uinov673/
Aunob673/
Uenov672/
Unoff671/
Umnof671/
Hinow671/
Inouw671/
Unhob671/
Unawe671/
Unhaw671/

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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 Unow
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