Unusa Surname
Approximately 2,993 people bear this surname
Unusa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,712 | 1:65,318 | 4,789 |
| Indonesia | 245 | 1:539,793 | 43,593 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Unusa (6,366) may also be a first name.
Unusa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Unusa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Unusa (Hindi: उनूसा, Marathi: युनुस, Oriya: ଉନୁସା) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Unusa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 147,841st most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,434,863 people. Unusa is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Unusa are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Unusa is also the 82,487th most frequently used given name on earth, borne by 6,366 people.
The surname Unusa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,712 people, or 1 in 65,318. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kano, where 13 percent reside, Jigawa, where 9 percent reside and Zamfara, where 8 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Unusa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Unusa in the Hindi language | ||
| उनूसा | unusa | - |
| Unusa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉନୁସା | unusa | - |
| Unusa in the Marathi language | ||
| युनुस | yunusa | 55.56 |
| युनूस | yunusa | 33.33 |
| उनुसा | unusa | 11.11 |
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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 Unusa
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