Urasa Surname
Approximately 5,587 people bear this surname
Urasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,220 | 1:12,545 | 1,632 |
| India | 1,327 | 1:578,045 | 28,154 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Urasa (6,708) may also be a first name.
Urasa Demographics
Urasa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Urasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Urasa (Hindi: उरसा, Marathi: उरसा, Oriya: ଉରସା) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Urasa? popularity and diffusion
Urasa is the 86,245th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,304,375 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Urasa reside; 76 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Urasa is also the 79,778th most numerous given name world-wide, held by 6,708 people.
The last name Urasa is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4,220 people, or 1 in 12,545. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 36 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 8 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in India, where 24 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
Urasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Urasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Urasa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉରସା | urasa | - |
| Urasa in the Marathi language | ||
| उरसा | urasa | 95.45 |
| ऊरसा | urasa | 4.55 |
| Urasa in the Hindi language | ||
| उरसा | urasa | 95.16 |
| ऊरसा | urasa | 1.61 |
| उरुसा | urusa | 1.61 |
| उरासा | urasa | 1.61 |
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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
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- 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 Urasa
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