Urquia Surname
Approximately 13,352 people bear this surname
Urquia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 4,092 | 1:2,155 | 325 |
| Peru | 3,111 | 1:10,217 | 1,449 |
| Venezuela | 1,613 | 1:18,725 | 1,386 |
| Argentina | 1,498 | 1:28,534 | 2,386 |
| Philippines | 674 | 1:150,205 | 25,103 |
| Spain | 649 | 1:72,037 | 6,356 |
| United States | 401 | 1:903,888 | 68,085 |
| El Salvador | 365 | 1:17,381 | 873 |
| Ecuador | 253 | 1:62,869 | 5,172 |
| Cuba | 181 | 1:63,661 | 2,389 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| France | 112 | 1:593,060 | 78,954 |
| Mexico | 55 | 1:2,256,840 | 19,878 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Brazil | 53 | 1:4,039,138 | 109,837 |
| Chile | 38 | 1:463,591 | 12,075 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 1:381,306 | 22,825 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Urquía (32) are calculated separately.
Urquia (133) may also be a first name.
Urquia Demographics
Average Urquia Salary in
United States
$37,057 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Urquia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urquia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Urquia occurs in Honduras more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Urquía. For other potential spellings of Urquia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Urquia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Urquia is the 39,318th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 545,802 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Urquia are found; 49 percent are found in South America and 33 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. Urquia is also the 804,402nd most common first name internationally It is held by 133 people.
Urquia is most frequently occurring in Honduras, where it is held by 4,092 people, or 1 in 2,155. In Honduras Urquia is most common in: La Paz Department, where 27 percent live, Comayagua Department, where 23 percent live and Cortés Department, where 17 percent live. Apart from Honduras this last name occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 23 percent live and Venezuela, where 12 percent live.
Urquia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Urquia surname are 31.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 84.62% registered with the political party.
The amount Urquia earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 38.83% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,858 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.67% more than the national average, earning $22,855,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.12% less than the national average, earning $37,057 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.57% more than the national average, earning $60,894 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urquía | 94 | 32 | / |
| Ourquia | 92 | 19 | / |
| Aurquia | 92 | 19 | / |
| Urquias | 92 | 7 | / |
| Hurquia | 92 | 6 | / |
| Urquija | 92 | 5 | / |
| Uerquia | 92 | 1 | / |
| Urguia | 83 | 29 | / |
| Urquio | 83 | 2 | / |
| Urkuia | 83 | 2 | / |
| Urquijo | 77 | 10,600 | / |
| Horquia | 77 | 153 | / |
| Orquija | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ourguia | 77 | 4 | / |
| Oorquia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Urrquía | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gourqia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Urguiea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Urkia | 73 | 376 | / |
| Urqea | 73 | 4 | / |
| Urquijos | 71 | 7 | / |
| Hurquijo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Aurquijo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Urquijoz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ourkia | 67 | 507 | / |
| Aurkia | 67 | 12 | / |
| Urchia | 67 | 11 | / |
| Urqujo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Urquia
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