Urquhart Surname
Approximately 21,832 people bear this surname
Urquhart Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Urquhart.' There are places called Urquhart in the shires of Moray, Inverness, and Ross. The family are traced to Galleroch de Urchart, who lived temp. Alex. II. His descendants were hereditary sheriffs of Cromarty (Lower's Patronymica Britannica).
Read More About This SurnameUrquhart Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,379 | 1:56,821 | 6,762 |
| Australia | 3,889 | 1:6,942 | 1,018 |
| Scotland | 3,688 | 1:1,452 | 254 |
| Canada | 3,433 | 1:10,733 | 1,612 |
| England | 2,513 | 1:22,172 | 3,097 |
| New Zealand | 588 | 1:7,701 | 1,310 |
| South Africa | 403 | 1:134,436 | 15,622 |
| Jamaica | 229 | 1:12,533 | 1,266 |
| Paraguay | 158 | 1:45,802 | 1,360 |
| Wales | 97 | 1:31,902 | 3,216 |
| Chile | 66 | 1:266,916 | 7,921 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Uruguay | 27 | 1:127,102 | 11,684 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 26 | 1:52,461 | 4,513 |
| Venezuela | 22 | 1:1,372,913 | 18,810 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Guyana | 15 | 1:50,815 | 4,586 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Ireland | 13 | 1:362,226 | 14,761 |
| Northern Ireland | 12 | 1:153,753 | 8,250 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3,773 | 1:992 | 172 |
| England | 471 | 1:51,752 | 6,267 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 399 | 1:125,861 | 12,158 |
Urquhart (35) may also be a first name.
Urquhart Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Urquhart.' There are places called Urquhart in the shires of Moray, Inverness, and Ross. The family are traced to Galleroch de Urchart, who lived temp. Alex. II. His descendants were hereditary sheriffs of Cromarty (Lower's Patronymica Britannica). Not being an English surname I proceed no further.
The vernacular pronunciation is 'Orchar.' From the old barony of Urquhart on Loch Ness, Inverness-shire. From their position in the midst of clans the Urquharts, a territorial family, came themselves to be ranked as a clan. The early history of the family is obscure, but they are known to have held hereditarily the sheriffdom of Cromarty. William de Urchard was the first known sheriff. Adam Urquhart had a grant of the sheriffdom of Crombathie in 1358 from David II (RMS., I, App. II, 1254). Alexander of Hurcharde petitioned in 1381 for a canonry of Dunkeld notwithstanding that he held can-onries and prebends in Moray and Ross (Pap. Pet., I, p. 561). The name of Charles Urquhart (1669-1734), the Aberdeen Jesuit, appears in the records of his order as Urcart and Hurcar, and in his necrology as Urgart (Becker. Bibliographic de la Compagnie de Jésus, 1898, VII, p. 350). Sir Thomas Urquhart (1611-1660), translator of Rabelais (1653), and David Urquhart (1805-1877), diplomat and political writer, are the best known bearers of the name. Urcharde 1455, Urchart 1512. Urqurt 1603, Urwhart 1660, Vrquhartt 1540, Vrquhat 1544, Wrchquhard 1520, Wrghard 1410, Wrquhart 1567, Wrwhart 1662; Vrqrt.
(Celtic) belonging to Urquhart, a fairly common scot. place - name, occurring 12th-14th cent. as Urchard; but we get the real clue to the meaning of the name
Place name in Invernessshire, Scotland.
(Scottish) One who came from Urquhan (on a wood), the name of several places in Scotland.
There are places called Urquhart in the shires of Moray, Inverness, and Ross. The family are traced to Galleroch de Urchart, who lived temp. Alexander II. His descendants were hereditary sheriffs of Cromarty.
Local: from the castle of Urquhart, in the parish of Urquhart, Elginshire. The family are descended from Gallerouch Urchard, temp. Alexander II. William Urchard of Cromarty was heritable Sheriff of that shire, temp. Robert Bruce.
A location name in Elgin.
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Urquhart Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urquhart Come From? nationality or country of origin
Urquhart occurs most in The United States. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Urquhart? popularity and diffusion
The surname Urquhart is the 24,744th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 333,801 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Urquhart reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 35 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 6,379 people, or 1 in 56,821. In The United States Urquhart is mostly found in: Florida, where 7 percent are found, New York, where 7 percent are found and Texas, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in 70 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent are found and Scotland, where 17 percent are found.
Urquhart Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Urquhart has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Urquhart surname expanded 1,599 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 2 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 534 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,940 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 108 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Urquhart Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Urquhart last name is primarily Presbyterian (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Urquhart last name are 5.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.79% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Urquhart earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.34% less than the national average, earning 275,701 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 207.83% more than the national average, earning R 731,520 per year; in United States they earn 8.19% more than the national average, earning $46,684 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.32% more than the national average, earning $50,341 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eurquhart | 94 | 23 | / |
| Urquahart | 94 | 22 | / |
| Urquheart | 94 | 10 | / |
| Urquharte | 94 | 2 | / |
| Urquhuart | 94 | 1 | / |
| Urquhardt | 94 | 1 | / |
| Hurquhart | 94 | 1 | / |
| Urquart | 93 | 108 | / |
| Urguhart | 88 | 93 | / |
| Urquhard | 88 | 4 | / |
| Urquahrt | 88 | 4 | / |
| Urkuhart | 88 | 4 | / |
| Urquarht | 88 | 2 | / |
| Urquardt | 88 | 1 | / |
| Urquhort | 88 | 0 | / |
| Urquhert | 88 | 0 | / |
| Urguahart | 82 | 1 | / |
| Eurguhart | 82 | 0 | / |
| Irquahart | 82 | 0 | / |
| Urguhardt | 82 | 0 | / |
| Urgkuhart | 82 | 0 | / |
| Urguharts | 82 | 0 | / |
| Urguheart | 82 | 0 | / |
| Urkuart | 80 | 15 | / |
| Urguart | 80 | 4 | / |
| Urguahrt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Urkuhert | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hurkuart | 75 | 1 | / |
| Urguhort | 75 | 0 | / |
| Urgwhart | 75 | 0 | / |
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