Urge Surname
Approximately 4,867 people bear this surname
Urge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,507 | 1:21,643 | 2,769 |
| Philippines | 215 | 1:470,875 | 56,701 |
| Slovakia | 49 | 1:108,907 | 20,583 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Ürge (390) & Urgé (1) are calculated separately.
Urge (6,976) may also be a first name.
Urge Demographics
Average Urge Salary in
United States
$42,036 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Urge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urge Come From? nationality or country of origin
Urge (Marathi: उरगे, Russian: Урге) is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Ürge or Urgé. For other potential spellings of Urge click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Urge? popularity and diffusion
The last name Urge is the 97,503rd most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,497,338 people. The last name Urge is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Urge reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 77,730th most numerous forename at a global level, held by 6,976 people.
The surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 4,507 people, or 1 in 21,643. Besides Ethiopia this last name occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 4 percent are found and Slovakia, where 1 percent are found.
Urge Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Urge has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Urge surname rose 700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Urge Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Urge last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.
Urge earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.58% less than the national average, earning $42,036 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Urge Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Urge in the Marathi language | ||
| उरगे | urage | - |
| Urge in the Russian language | ||
| Урге | urge | - |
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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
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- 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 Urge
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