Urbu Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Urbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Urbu (54) may also be a first name.
Urbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Urbu is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Urbu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Urbu occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Urbu reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Urbu is also the 1,350,955th most numerous first name on earth, held by 54 people.
This last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Western, where 100 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urbuś | 89 | 36 | / |
| Urbut | 89 | 28 | / |
| Urbus | 89 | 24 | / |
| Urbau | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gurbu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Urbush | 80 | 14 | / |
| Hurbut | 80 | 4 | / |
| Urbutt | 80 | 3 | / |
| Urbaus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aurbuh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uerbou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gurbuj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hurbus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Orbu | 75 | 1,143 | / |
| Urvu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Urwu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Aurbuch | 73 | 272 | / |
| Hurbutt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gourbou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hurbust | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hirbu | 67 | 351 | / |
| Hurbault | 67 | 129 | / |
| Orbuj | 67 | 15 | / |
| Urwau | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gurvu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gurwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| D'Urbaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orbuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irbuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aurwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urvuu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orbuu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orbau | 67 | 0 | / |
| Irbouh | 60 | 202 | / |
| Horbau | 60 | 1 | / |
| Jirbau | 60 | 1 | / |
| Șierbu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Jirbui | 60 | 1 | / |
| Uirewu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Urvauz | 60 | 1 | / |
| Urempu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Gourvou | 55 | 13 | / |
| Haurboe | 55 | 8 | / |
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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 Urbu
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