Urqueta Surname

474,151st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 706 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Urqueta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urqueta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile6291:28,0071,591
Argentina431:994,03362,207
Philippines171:5,955,190180,670
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670

Urqueta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Urqueta occurs more in Chile more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urqueta? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 474,151st most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,322,303 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Urqueta reside; 96 percent reside in South America and 95 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.

The surname Urqueta is most commonly used in Chile, where it is borne by 629 people, or 1 in 28,007. In Chile it is most numerous in: Coquimbo Region, where 41 percent live, Antofagasta Region, where 21 percent live and Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 15 percent live. Besides Chile it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 6 percent live and The Philippines, where 2 percent live.

Urqueta Last Name Statistics demography

Urqueta earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 70.26% less than the national average, earning $12,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urquieta936,372/
Urquesta932/
Urquita8614/
Urgueta862/
Horqueta8016/
Urquieto801/
Urquito7112/
Urkieta718/
Horquita67103/
Urguette6747/
Orquitta671/
Orquette670/
Orketa622/
Hourguette590/
Gurqiti573/
Orquito571/
Hurkata571/
Urchetti536/

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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 Urqueta
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