Unwin Surname

56,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,020 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Unwin Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Unwin.' This surname has ramified in a most extraordinary manner. Lower records an Onwen, a manumitted slave (Cod. Dipl.). One of the many personal names with -win as suffix; compare Baldwin, Aylwin.

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Unwin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,3331:10,4481,545
Australia1,3601:19,8502,752
United States9021:401,83935,135
Canada4121:89,4319,845
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
New Zealand1761:25,7294,511
Wales1211:25,5752,657
Scotland951:56,3564,696
South Africa781:694,58649,962
France431:1,544,714145,815
Thailand341:2,077,598243,257
Isle of Man241:3,576767
Chile181:978,69319,774
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Barbados11:287,4482,772
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,9621:8,2291,254
Scotland141:267,3738,913
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

Unwin (21) may also be a first name.

Unwin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Unwin.' This surname has ramified in a most extraordinary manner. Lower records an Onwen, a manumitted slave (Cod. Dipl.). One of the many personal names with -win as suffix; compare Baldwin, Aylwin. Goodwin.

Unwona, bishop of Dorchester: Parker, Early History of Oxford.

Philip Unwyne, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Unwine, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

William Onwinne, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Reginald Hunwyn, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Simon Unnewyn, Lincolnshire, ibid.

1617. Baptised — Katharine, d. George Unwen: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1704. Married — Samuel Unwin and Hannah Hawkridge: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 the 13th cent. Unwine, 12th cent. Unwin-us [evid. the Anglo-Saxon unwine, enemy; lit. ‘not a friend’-un-, negative prefix, and wine, friend = Old Norse úvin-r] (rarely) 2 the Anglo-Saxon Unwene (‘fæder Unwenes.— Widsið, 230) [Old English unwéne, unexpected-un-, negative prefix]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Unfriend” or “Enemy” in Old English.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Danish.) Invincible.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

UNWYN: Apparently an old personal name, the same as Onwen, a manumitted serf, mentioned in Cod. Dipl. 971. Mr. Ferguson thinks the meaning of it to be, either Anglo-Saxon unwine, enemy, the reverse of wine, friend; or unwinn, unconquerable. H.R. Unwine. Unwyne.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Flemish, Unwin; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Unwin, in the forms also of Unwine, Unwyne, and Unwyn, occurred in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hunts, and Lincolnshire, in the 13th century (H. R.). Besides occurring in Essex, the name is now established in Derbyshire.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Unwin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Unwin (Arabic: اونوين) has its highest incidence in England. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Unwin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 56,234th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 807,932 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Unwin reside; 62 percent reside in Northern Europe and 62 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 21 people.

The surname Unwin is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 5,333 people, or 1 in 10,448. In England it is primarily found in: Greater London, where 10 percent live, South Yorkshire, where 9 percent live and Derbyshire, where 5 percent live. Not including England it exists in 53 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Unwin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Unwin has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Unwin last name expanded 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,670 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,344 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 679 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 91 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Unwin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Unwin surname is predominantly Catholic (45%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Unwin last name are 14.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.61% registered with the political party.

The amount Unwin earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 27.66% more than the national average, earning R 303,372 per year; in United States they earn 13.3% more than the national average, earning $48,888 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.51% more than the national average, earning $52,917 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hunwin9111/
Unwine911/
Gunwin910/
Unwn891/
Hounwin831/
Inwin8063/
Unwen8039/
Onwin8034/
Unwng804/
Unwim803/
Umwin801/
Unwjn801/
Unwyn801/
Unwne801/
Unuin801/
Hounwain771/
Hounwoin771/
Unwene73505/
Onwijn7374/
Jinwin737/
Hunwen731/
Gunuin731/
Huenuin6717/
Jinwuin6711/
Unvn671/
Onwn671/

Unwin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Unwin in the Arabic language
اونوينawnwyn-

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