Urbs Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Urbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Urbs Last Name Facts

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

Urbs occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Urbs? popularity and diffusion

Urbs is the 8,968,613th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Urbs is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Urbs are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 75 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 683,349. In Latvia it is primarily found in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 33 percent live, Latgale, where 33 percent live and Riga Planning Region, where 33 percent live. Other than Latvia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hurbs8926/
Urbst891/
Aurbs890/
Urb86459/
Hurbst803/
Huerbs801/
Urps75122/
Gurb7561/
Hurb757/
Urbø754/
Orbs752/
Urbh751/
Uyrb751/
Usrb751/
Urzb751/
Urws751/
Urvs751/
Urbz751/
Urbp751/
Uhrb751/
Urbė751/
Urrb751/
Aurb751/
Irbs750/
Hurbsch732/
Huerbsch6729/
Hurps6714/
Gourb675/
Gaurb672/
Urzbz671/
Eurfs671/
Uurbc671/
Horbs670/

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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 Urbs
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