Unua Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Unua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea821:99,43613,359
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Unua (88) may also be a first name.

Unua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Unua occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Unua.

How Common Is The Last Name Unua? popularity and diffusion

The surname Unua is the 1,871,545th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Unua live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 85 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,017,994th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 88 people.

The surname Unua is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 99,436. In Papua New Guinea Unua is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 49 percent reside, Madang, where 26 percent reside and National Capital District, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gunua891,032/
Unuea8987/
Unuas899/
Unuaj892/
Unnua891/
Unwua891/
Unuoa891/
U'Nua891/
Hunua891/
Unnuea80196/
Umnuay8021/
Unuayi807/
Ounuha805/
Aunnua801/
Unouha801/
Unuahe801/
Hunwua801/
Umnnua801/
Ounuoa801/
Unuaha801/
Inua752,875/
Onua75568/
Unva75232/
Unwa75218/
Unba7518/
Unuo752/
Aumnuay73167/
Ounuoha732/
Ugnuayt732/
Aunnuea731/
Unwuaha731/
Uanumba731/
Ounwa6749/
Unwah6740/
Unvad6735/
Unwat6733/
Innua6733/
Hunba6730/
Inwua6729/
Hinua6726/
Hunuo6722/
Onwua6717/
Inuaa6715/
Hunwa6712/
Aunwa6711/
Unway677/
Unuoh677/
Gunuo677/
Gunva676/
Onuoa676/
Eunba675/
Honua674/
Ounba674/
Onnua674/
Onuea673/
Unvai673/
Unmba672/
Inhua672/
Unbai672/
Inuea672/
Onhua672/
Onuaa672/
Unhwa671/
Ujnwa671/
Unbay671/
Hunva671/
Onuay671/
Oussenua671/
Uinwa671/
Unvaa671/
Unnva671/
Unbau671/
Unvaj671/
Unvat671/
Eunwa671/

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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 Unua
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