Unwene Surname

611,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 505 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Unwene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unwene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5021:352,87419,032
England31:18,572,686338,250

Unwene (59) may also be a first name.

Unwene Last Name Facts

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

The surname Unwene is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Unwene? popularity and diffusion

Unwene is the 611,703rd most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,430,784 people. The last name Unwene is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Unwene are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 59 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 502 people, or 1 in 352,874. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 45 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 44 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Unwene exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Unwen9139/
Onwene83127/
Unwane8392/
Unweni8323/
Inwene832/
Hunwen831/
Unuene831/
Umwene831/
Unwine831/
Onwiene7715/
Honwene778/
Unwenyi774/
Onwuene774/
Uhnweni771/
Unhwane771/
Unweani771/
Ounweni771/
Unwin739,020/
Unwyn731/
Unwjn731/
Unven731/
Hounweni713/
Gunwinee711/
Hounwane711/
Unvane671,884/
Umwein6721/
Hunwin6711/
Unuena679/
Inwane675/
Umbene675/
Umwine674/
Onwine673/
Onweny672/
Gunven672/
Onuene672/
Onwena672/
Unbine670/
Hunven670/

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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 Unwene
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