Unufe Surname

998,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 256 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Tonga

Unufe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unufe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2381:744,29733,840
United States141:25,889,924709,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Tonga11:107,313791

Unufe Last Name Facts

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

Unufe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Unufe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 998,609th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Unufe live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 744,297. In Nigeria Unufe is most common in: Bayelsa, where 48 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Delta, where 18 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Unufe Last Name Statistics demography

Unufe earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.78% less than the national average, earning $35,475 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Unuefe91149/
Ungufe911/
Gunufe911/
Unuf8916/
Unufeah831/
Unufi8037/
Unife8016/
Onufe801/
Inufe801/
Unufa801/
Hunufa73378/
Onuife7373/
Ounife731/
Unufio731/
Hunife731/
Hunufi731/
Gounouf6746/
Onuf6718/
Unub678/
Ounoufa675/
Eunufio674/
Ounoufi674/

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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 Unufe
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