Urness Surname

322,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Urness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9601:377,56133,381
Canada1921:191,90418,895
England11:55,718,059489,080
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Urness Last Name Facts

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

The last name Urness has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Urness? popularity and diffusion

It is the 322,929th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,309,564 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Urness are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 960 people, or 1 in 377,561. In The United States it is most numerous in: Minnesota, where 24 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 12 percent reside and Washington, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 17 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Urness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Urness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Urness last name expanded 5,647 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Urness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Urness surname are 7.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.5% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Urness earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 3.55% more than the national average, earning $44,680 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.83% more than the national average, earning $53,573 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aurness929/
Gurness921/
Eurness921/
Hurness921/
Urnes91152/
Orness83103/
Gurnes8360/
Hurnes8321/
Urnest837/
Urgnes831/
Irness830/
Urne80114/
Horness77260/
Gournes7710/
Hournes771/
Hurniss770/
Hurnest770/
Urner73957/
Ornes73701/
Hurne73385/
Gurne73358/
Urnez7362/
Urnis7313/
Urnea734/
Urnie732/
Ourne732/
Urney732/
Urnys731/
Irnes730/
Hirneiss718/
Gurney6715,992/
Hornes671,176/
Hurney67839/
Gurnee67701/
Hurner67210/
Huirne67125/
Gurnea67119/
Huurne67115/
Uhrner67105/
Urnise6758/
Hourne6754/
Orneas6751/
Aurner6715/
Urnish6712/
Urnysh6710/
Urnett678/
Gurnis676/
Hurnge674/
Gourne674/
Hirnes673/
Urenne672/
Eurner672/
Gurnés672/
Ournet671/
Hurnet671/
Orneis671/
Gurnys671/
Oernes671/
Eurney671/
Urnetz671/
Aurnge671/
Hurnie671/
Ornehs671/
Heurne670/
Hurned670/
Ourner670/
Haurne670/
Gurnne670/

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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 Urness
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