Unal surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Unal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 273 people carried this name — #71,478 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 78% from 153 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 891 people named Unal live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Limburg 246
Brussels-Capital 218
East Flanders 161
Flemish Brabant 98
Antwerp 70
Namur 38
Hainaut 30
Liège 14

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

349 people named Unal live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 143
Aargau 31
Bern 24
Basel-Landschaft 21
St. Gallen 19
Thurgau 14
Schaffhausen 13
Solothurn 13

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 312 people named Unal.

52 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Aveyron.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 52
Aveyron 120
Paris 28
Hérault 26
Tarn-et-Garonne 19
Loire 9
Rhône 8
Haute-Garonne 7
Isère 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

215 people named Unal are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 185
Finland (2026) 30

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Unal is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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