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

Unua is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Unua? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Unua reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 85 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Unua is also the 1,017,994th most common first name world-wide It is held by 88 people.

The last name Unua is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 99,436. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 49 percent reside, Madang, where 26 percent reside and National Capital District, where 16 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Unua
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