Ure Surname
Approximately 7,526 people bear this surname
Ure Surname Definition:
Shortened from (Mac)ure, which see. Dr. Andrew Ure (1787-1857), a distinguished chemist, was born in Glasgow. As forename (for Iver) we have Ure and Urie Campbell of Strachur, 1545 (HP., IV, p. 29).
Ure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,294 | 1:280,107 | 26,126 |
| India | 1,213 | 1:632,370 | 30,061 |
| Venezuela | 1,139 | 1:26,518 | 1,712 |
| Scotland | 761 | 1:7,035 | 1,084 |
| England | 627 | 1:88,865 | 9,623 |
| Papua New Guinea | 536 | 1:15,212 | 1,473 |
| Australia | 399 | 1:67,658 | 8,056 |
| Canada | 396 | 1:93,044 | 10,181 |
| Indonesia | 193 | 1:685,229 | 53,355 |
| Dominican Republic | 193 | 1:54,057 | 2,726 |
| New Zealand | 159 | 1:28,480 | 4,971 |
| Nigeria | 122 | 1:1,451,990 | 55,913 |
| Norway | 87 | 1:59,107 | 8,442 |
| Peru | 75 | 1:423,788 | 13,173 |
| Argentina | 46 | 1:929,205 | 59,251 |
| Israel | 32 | 1:267,426 | 24,032 |
| Colombia | 30 | 1:1,592,469 | 11,125 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 13 | 1:340,759 | 12,983 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 773 | 1:4,842 | 759 |
| England | 165 | 1:147,730 | 13,110 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 244 | 1:205,814 | 17,803 |
The alternate forms: Üre (2,793) are calculated separately.
Ure (2,843) may also be a first name.
Ure Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Shortened from (Mac)ure, which see. Dr. Andrew Ure (1787-1857), a distinguished chemist, was born in Glasgow. As forename (for Iver) we have Ure and Urie Campbell of Strachur, 1545 (HP., IV, p. 29).
(Celtic) Dweller by the R. Ure [O.Celt. úr, fresh, pure] from the reference to the Inverness Urquhart in Adamnan’s Life of St. Columba (III. xiv.) as Airchartan (with -án diminutive suff.) [prob. Gaelic and Irish air, on, at + the aspirated form of cart (Latin quart-us), a quarter, fourth part: cp. the Cartron (French quarteron, a fourth part), ‘a quarter of land’, of Irish place-nomenclature; and English farthing (Old English feórðung, a fourth part), ‘a division of land’, also found in place-names]
1. A Yorkshire river. 2. Eur occurs as a personal name in Domesday; and an early Scandinavian gave his name to Ureby, or Ewerby, in Lincolnshire. 3. The baronial family of Eure took their name, in the XIII. century, from the lordship of Eure or Evre, in Buckinghamshire.
From Urr; a location name in Kirkcudbright.
Ure Demographics
Average Male Ure Height
176.89 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ure Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ure (Hindi: ूरे, Marathi: उरे, Oriya: ଉେର) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Üre. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ure? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 66,242nd most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 968,316 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Ure reside; 22 percent reside in North America and 22 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Ure is also the 136,566th most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 2,843 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,294 people, or 1 in 280,107. In The United States Ure is most common in: Utah, where 20 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in 58 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent live and Venezuela, where 15 percent live.
Ure Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ure has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ure surname rose 530 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 2 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it rose 380 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 108 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Ure Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (69%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Ure surname are 6.06% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.83% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ure earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 19.69% less than the national average, earning 277,939 kr per year; in Peru they earn 19.44% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,617 per year; in South Africa they earn 123.08% more than the national average, earning R 530,112 per year; in Colombia they earn 68.98% more than the national average, earning $38,363,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.04% more than the national average, earning $47,483 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.14% more than the national average, earning $50,746 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ure Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ure in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉେର | uera | - |
| Ure in the Marathi language | ||
| उरे | ure | 87.17 |
| ऊरे | ure | 12.83 |
| Ure in the Hindi language | ||
| ूरे | ure | 57.14 |
| उरे | ure | 28.57 |
| ुरे | ure | 14.29 |
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Ure Reference & Research
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