# Unwin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/unwin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 644 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,016 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 479,419 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (632 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Patronymic surname, from the Old English personal name Hunwine, composed of the elements hun (“bear cub”) + wine (“friend”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Unwin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Unwin in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Unwin

- Raymond Unwin, British engineer, architect and town planner (1863–1940)
- J. D. Unwin, British anthropologist (1895–1936)
- William Unwin, British civil and mechanical engineer

## Similar surnames

Umana.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.