Único Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Único Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Único Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Unico (1,087) & Ùnico (1) are calculated separately.

Único Last Name Facts

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

The last name Único occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Unico or Ùnico. For other possible spellings of Único click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Único? popularity and diffusion

Único is the 4,532,898th most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Único occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Único live; 63 percent live in South America and 53 percent live in Luso-South America.

Único is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 21,407,433. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 40 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 30 percent reside and Bahia, where 10 percent reside. Other than Brazil this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Argentina, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Unico931,087/
Ùnico931/
Onico80176/
Única8052/
Onoico7366/
Onicio736/
Onicko734/
Unaico733/
Unisco732/
Unicho732/
Unicko731/
Unieco731/
Hunico731/
Eunicio672/
Eunicos671/
Eunicko670/

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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 Único
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