Urion Surname
Approximately 358 people bear this surname
Urion Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Urian.' Both the masculine Uranius and feminine Urania were in use as personal names. On a Welsh variant Urien, v. Yonge. A surname founded on this name seems to have crept into Staffordshire and Cheshire, and thence into Lancashire.
Read More About This SurnameUrion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 116 | 1:3,124,646 | 180,867 |
| France | 95 | 1:699,187 | 88,446 |
| South Africa | 78 | 1:694,586 | 49,962 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 39 | 1:625,009 | 31,098 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 1:1,357,262 | 74,323 |
Urion (28) may also be a first name.
Urion Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Urian.' Both the masculine Uranius and feminine Urania were in use as personal names. On a Welsh variant Urien, v. Yonge. A surname founded on this name seems to have crept into Staffordshire and Cheshire, and thence into Lancashire.
John fil. Urian, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Uryene (without surname), Cambridgeshire, ibid.
1633. Baptised — Henry, s. Finsby Vrin: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1635. — Joan. d. Finlye Eurin: ibid.
1671. John Urran, of Everton: Wills at Chester.
1680. Alice Urian, of Christleton: ibid.
Forms (Urien, esp., being Welsh) of the Latin Uranius, Uranus, Greek Ούρανός = the Heavenly One [from Greekoύρανός, heaven] Owain mab Urien.—Mabinogion, etc.
Urien, Rhydderch, and others, who warred with Hussa, king of Bernicia from 567 to 574, figure very conspicuously in old Welsh poetry.—Rhys, Celtic Brit. (ed. 1908), p. 145.
John son Urian.—Hundred Rolls
URRAN: (Cornish British) From urrian, the border, boundary, or limit of a country.
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Urion Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urion Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Urion is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Urion? popularity and diffusion
It is the 788,513th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,356,274 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 38 percent of Urion are found; 37 percent are found in North America and 37 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent forename on earth, held by 28 people.
The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 3,124,646. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New Jersey, where 22 percent reside, Montana, where 16 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 11 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in France, where 27 percent reside and South Africa, where 22 percent reside.
Urion Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Urion has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 314 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 26 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Urion Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Urion surname are 32.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.79% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Urion earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 26.75% less than the national average, earning R 174,060 per year; in United States they earn 29.87% more than the national average, earning $56,037 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.29% more than the national average, earning $58,274 CAD per year.
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