Urbanu Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Latvia

Urbanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Urbanu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

Urbanu (45) may also be a first name.

Urbanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Urbanu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Urbanu? popularity and diffusion

Urbanu is the 8,193,072nd most numerous surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Urbanu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Urbanu live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most common first name globally. It is borne by 45 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 50 percent live, Adamawa, where 25 percent live and Gombe, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Latvia, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urbanus921,734/
Hurbanu928/
Uurbanus8630/
Hurbhanu861/
Urrbhanu861/
Orbanu8341/
Irbanu8313/
Urwanu837/
Orbeanu77165/
Horbanu771/
Gurvanu771/
Urbanoo771/
Hoorbanu711/
Oruanui621/
Oruonu503/
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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 Urbanu
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