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 appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Unya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 160,029th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,673,348 people. The last name Unya is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Unya reside; 47 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Unya is also the 352,783rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 566 people.
Unya is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,282 people, or 1 in 138,177. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 31 percent live, Cross River, where 27 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 12 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.
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 | - |
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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 Unya
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