Unya Surname
Approximately 2,726 people bear this surname
Unya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,282 | 1:138,177 | 8,904 |
| DR Congo | 513 | 1:144,015 | 15,172 |
| Indonesia | 290 | 1:456,032 | 37,835 |
| Malaysia | 269 | 1:109,644 | 7,364 |
| Thailand | 215 | 1:328,550 | 56,687 |
| India | 155 | 1:4,948,809 | 124,489 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Unya (566) may also be a first name.
Unya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Unya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Unya (Hindi: उन्या, Marathi: उण्या, Oriya: ଉନଯ୍, Russian: Уня) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Unya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 160,029th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,673,348 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Unya live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Unya is also the 352,783rd most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 566 people.
Unya is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,282 people, or 1 in 138,177. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 31 percent are found, Cross River, where 27 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Unya occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Unya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Unya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉନଯ୍ | unay | - |
| Unya in the Marathi language | ||
| उण्या | unya | 60 |
| उंया | unya | 40 |
| Unya in the Hindi language | ||
| उन्या | un'ya | 55.56 |
| उनया | unaya | 33.33 |
| उण्या | unya | 11.11 |
| Unya in the Russian language | ||
| Уня | una | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Unya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis