Unwe Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Unwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 272 | 1:651,260 | 30,529 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Unwe (11) may also be a first name.
Unwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Unwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Unwe occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Unwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Unwe is the 956,400th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 26,694,307 people. The last name Unwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Unwe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Unwe is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 11 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 272 people, or 1 in 651,260. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 45 percent are found, Cross River, where 18 percent are found and Taraba, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Unwe occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unweh | 89 | 74 | / |
| Unwhe | 89 | 18 | / |
| Hunwe | 89 | 12 | / |
| Gunwe | 89 | 8 | / |
| Unwue | 89 | 4 | / |
| Ounwe | 89 | 3 | / |
| Unwet | 89 | 1 | / |
| Uenwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Unw | 86 | 5 | / |
| Hunwet | 80 | 11 | / |
| Hounwe | 80 | 9 | / |
| Hunwei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Unwech | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gunwei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hunwie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onwe | 75 | 76,007 | / |
| Unue | 75 | 837 | / |
| Unwa | 75 | 218 | / |
| Inwe | 75 | 59 | / |
| Unwi | 75 | 36 | / |
| Ounw | 75 | 24 | / |
| Unbe | 75 | 20 | / |
| Uinw | 75 | 5 | / |
| Unve | 75 | 5 | / |
| Umwe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Hunw | 75 | 3 | / |
| Uchenwe | 73 | 11 | / |
| Hunhwee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hunwi | 67 | 584 | / |
| Unver | 67 | 504 | / |
| Inweh | 67 | 378 | / |
| Unuea | 67 | 87 | / |
| Hunbe | 67 | 65 | / |
| Ounwa | 67 | 49 | / |
| Humwe | 67 | 26 | / |
| Gunue | 67 | 25 | / |
| Hunwa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Unbei | 67 | 11 | / |
| Unbey | 67 | 11 | / |
| Aunwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Onwue | 67 | 9 | / |
| Unway | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hunve | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gunve | 67 | 7 | / |
| Unnue | 67 | 6 | / |
| Onwie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jinwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onwhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hinwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aunue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Inwei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onwea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onwee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onwei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Unbee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Umwer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ujnwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unbhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hunwh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uinwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Honwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unbeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Inwhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uhnhw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unues | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unves | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unveh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onwwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onnwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unhwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Utnwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unuie | 67 | 0 | / |
| Inwie | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Unwe
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