Urbaez Surname

34,891st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Urbaez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urbaez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic8,7591:1,191192
Venezuela5,4251:5,568681
United States5211:695,69955,085
Colombia2111:226,4175,188
Spain1691:276,63917,132
Israel411:208,72320,048
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
Puerto Rico91:394,4603,042
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Dominica11:75,891912
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Urbáez (138), Urbàez (1) & Urbaéz (1) are calculated separately.

Urbaez (178) may also be a first name.

Urbaez Last Name Facts

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

Urbaez is borne by more people in The Dominican Republic than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Urbáez, Urbàez or Urbaéz. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Urbaez? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 34,891st most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 480,265 people. The last name Urbaez occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Urbaez live; 60 percent live in Caribbean and 60 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 683,417th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 178 people.

Urbaez is most widely held in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 8,759 people, or 1 in 1,191. Aside from The Dominican Republic this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 36 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Urbaez Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Urbaez are 34.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 87.27% registered with the party.

The amount Urbaez earn in different countries varies marginally. In Colombia they earn 14.56% less than the national average, earning $19,396,000 COP per year and in United States they earn 15.37% less than the national average, earning $36,519 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urbáez94138/
Urbàez941/
Urbaéz941/
Urvaez8353/
Urbaes8340/
Urbaiz8329/
Urbaec833/
Orbaez832/
Gurbiesz711/
Orbaiz6779/
Urbajs6761/
Urbais6720/
Urbays672/
Urbaus671/
Urvauz671/
Gurbouz624/
Urvahes621/
D'Urbaus571/
Hourbeist531/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Urbaez
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