Única Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Única Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Única Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Unica (838) are calculated separately.

Única Last Name Facts

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

Única is held by more people in Portugal than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Unica. Click here for other possible spellings of Única.

How Common Is The Last Name Única? popularity and diffusion

The last name Única is the 2,689,253rd most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. Única occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Única reside; 60 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 60 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Portugal, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 372,080. Besides Portugal this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 38 percent are found and Spain, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Unica93838/
Onica805,573/
Único8019/
Únika803/
Unnica73133/
Onicaș7325/
Umnica7325/
Eunica7320/
Unicha7319/
Onicca739/
Onicia738/
Gunica734/
Unisca733/
Honica732/
Uniqca731/
Oneica731/
Onnica731/
Ugnica731/
Unicia731/
Unicah731/
Eunicia675/
Gunicha674/
Gaunica672/
Eunicea672/
Utnicka671/
Honicka671/
Ounicia671/
Oniecia671/

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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 Única
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis