Unyam Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Unyam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Unyam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Unyam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Unyam is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Unyam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Unyam are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Unyam is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 92 percent live and Benue, where 8 percent live. Barring Nigeria Unyam occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 19 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunyam | 91 | 23 | / |
| Hunyam | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gounyam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Onyam | 80 | 747 | / |
| Uniam | 80 | 58 | / |
| Unham | 80 | 24 | / |
| Unjam | 80 | 14 | / |
| Unyom | 80 | 13 | / |
| Uneam | 80 | 5 | / |
| Hounyame | 77 | 13 | / |
| Huniam | 73 | 92 | / |
| Gunjam | 73 | 31 | / |
| Aunjam | 73 | 20 | / |
| Guniam | 73 | 7 | / |
| Unijam | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gunyom | 73 | 4 | / |
| Unniam | 73 | 3 | / |
| Honyam | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hugnam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hunham | 73 | 0 | / |
| D'Uniam | 67 | 40 | / |
| Ounjeam | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hounham | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hungnam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hounjam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouniam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heunjam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aunjaum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hungiam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hunjame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gunjaam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Honyham | 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
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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 Unyam
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