Unye Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Unye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 150 | 1:1,180,952 | 47,933 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
The alternate forms: Ünye (431) are calculated separately.
Unye (1,062) may also be a first name.
Unye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Unye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Unye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Ünye. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Unye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,348,199th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. Unye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Unye reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Unye is also the 245,583rd most widely held first name in the world, held by 1,062 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 1,180,952. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 48 percent are found, Rivers, where 45 percent are found and Sokoto, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Unye occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Unye
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