Uribe Surname
Approximately 243,880 people bear this surname
Uribe Surname Definition:
One who came from Uribe (town or city), in Spain.
Found in Álava, Vizcaya, La Rioja, Santander, and Estremadura. Derived from Basque "hiri" or "uriberri" meaning village, town, or city.
Comes from "uri" and "be" and is Basque for place below the village.
Read More About This SurnameUribe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 90,404 | 1:1,373 | 210 |
| Colombia | 63,980 | 1:747 | 156 |
| Chile | 26,259 | 1:671 | 150 |
| United States | 22,549 | 1:16,074 | 2,040 |
| Peru | 9,468 | 1:3,357 | 552 |
| Venezuela | 9,204 | 1:3,282 | 492 |
| Dominican Republic | 5,701 | 1:1,830 | 281 |
| Spain | 4,477 | 1:10,443 | 1,221 |
| Argentina | 4,340 | 1:9,849 | 941 |
| Ecuador | 2,575 | 1:6,177 | 1,018 |
| Bolivia | 1,509 | 1:7,035 | 873 |
| Panama | 616 | 1:6,351 | 689 |
| Philippines | 394 | 1:256,950 | 38,179 |
| El Salvador | 366 | 1:17,333 | 872 |
| Brazil | 296 | 1:723,224 | 26,468 |
| Canada | 291 | 1:126,617 | 13,224 |
| France | 269 | 1:246,925 | 38,159 |
| Costa Rica | 256 | 1:18,672 | 678 |
| Guatemala | 173 | 1:92,963 | 2,853 |
| Germany | 112 | 1:718,799 | 54,527 |
| England | 78 | 1:714,334 | 40,171 |
| Australia | 71 | 1:380,221 | 31,281 |
| Paraguay | 65 | 1:111,335 | 2,529 |
| Netherlands | 53 | 1:318,626 | 37,214 |
| Italy | 41 | 1:1,491,627 | 80,856 |
| Uruguay | 39 | 1:87,994 | 8,905 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Cuba | 21 | 1:548,701 | 5,775 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Nicaragua | 12 | 1:501,758 | 3,714 |
| Andorra | 10 | 1:8,384 | 1,259 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 1:394,460 | 3,042 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1:2,938,814 | 7,190 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 55 | 1:913,067 | 55,053 |
The alternate forms: Uribé (3), Úribe (2) & Ùribe (1) are calculated separately.
Uribe (1,141) may also be a first name.
Uribe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One who came from Uribe (town or city), in Spain.
Found in Álava, Vizcaya, La Rioja, Santander, and Estremadura. Derived from Basque "hiri" or "uriberri" meaning village, town, or city.
Comes from "uri" and "be" and is Basque for place below the village.
A Basque name. One branch in Seville.
User-submitted Reference
Uribe is a Basque surname. It comes from uri (city) and the eighth -be / -ie brand. It means 'below the city' or even 'under the city'.
- joseuribehUribe Demographics
Average Uribe Salary in
United States
$38,389 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Uribe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uribe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uribe (Arabic: اوريفي, Russian: Урибе) occurs in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Uribé, Úribe or Ùribe. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uribe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,250th most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 29,882 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Uribe reside; 48 percent reside in South America and 37 percent reside in Hispano-North America. It is also the 235,667th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 1,141 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Mexico, where it is carried by 90,404 people, or 1 in 1,373. In Mexico it is most frequent in: México, where 17 percent live, Mexico City, where 11 percent live and Jalisco, where 11 percent live. Besides Mexico this last name is found in 80 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 26 percent live and Chile, where 11 percent live.
Uribe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Uribe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Uribe surname expanded 40,998 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 7,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Uribe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Uribe surname are 41.79% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.02% being registered with the party.
The amount Uribe earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 7.91% more than the national average, earning 373,441 kr per year; in Peru they earn 10.7% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,460 per year; in Colombia they earn 14.13% more than the national average, earning $25,909,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.03% less than the national average, earning $38,389 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.38% less than the national average, earning $46,016 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Uribe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Uribe in the Russian language | ||
| Урибе | uribe | - |
| Uribe in the Arabic language | ||
| اوريفي | awryfy | - |
| أوريبي | awryby | - |
| اوريبي | awryby | - |
| اوريب | awryb | - |
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