Urkia Surname

760,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Urkia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urkia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain3561:131,3269,990
France121:5,535,227269,324
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Urkía (1) are calculated separately.

Urkia (29) may also be a first name.

Urkia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Urkia Come From? nationality or country of origin

Urkia is found most frequently in Spain. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Urkía. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Urkia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 760,012th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. Urkia occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Urkia are found; 95 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 95 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Urkia is also the 1,951,561st most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 29 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Spain, where it is borne by 356 people, or 1 in 131,326. In Spain it is primarily found in: Basque Country, where 92 percent are found, Navarre, where 8 percent are found and Catalonia, where 0 percent are found. Beside Spain this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urkía931/
Ourkia91507/
Aurkia9112/
Đurkija8358/
Ourkhia8320/
Hourkia831/
Urkio809/
Orkia808/
Urquia7313,352/
Urkijo73201/
Urchia7311/
Ourkya731/
Aurquia6719/
Ourquia6719/
Urquias677/
Hurquia676/
Urquija675/
Urkuijo674/
Ourchia671/
Gourqia671/
Hurcija671/
Uerquia671/
Urqea604/
Urcía601/
Urquía5532/
Horkio555/
Irkyaa554/
Urquio552/
Urquijo5010,600/
Horquia50153/
Jirkyaa5030/
Orquija509/
Hirkyaa506/
Ierkyaa504/
Urrquía501/
Oorquia501/

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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 Urkia
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