Urqueza Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Qatar

Urqueza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urqueza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines211:4,820,868168,058
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Urqueza Last Name Facts

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

The last name Urqueza is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urqueza? popularity and diffusion

Urqueza is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Urqueza are found; 68 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 68 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 4,820,868. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: National Capital Region, where 67 percent are found, Central Luzon, where 14 percent are found and Cagayan Valley, where 5 percent are found. Other than The Philippines it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 26 percent are found and Paraguay, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urquiza8633,117/
Urquezo863/
Urqieza861/
Urquesa861/
Urquizas8032/
Orquieza8028/
Hurquiza8019/
Uurquiza802/
Urquisez801/
Urquieze801/
Urquizez801/
Urquizah801/
Orqqueza801/
Urrquiza801/
Urqiza774/
Urqesa771/
Urquizo719,440/
Urquisa71259/
Urquejo71239/
Urguiza7121/
Urquica7112/
Urquize716/
Urquija715/
Urkuiza712/
Urquizi711/
Urqueco711/
Urqirza711/
Urquizes677/
Urquizis675/
Hurquizo673/
Urquizos671/
Urquises671/
Urquiziz671/
Urquijoz671/

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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 Urqueza
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