Urquieta Surname

76,855th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,372 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bolivia
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Urquieta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urquieta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bolivia2,4021:4,420644
Mexico1,7741:69,9703,131
Chile1,5461:11,395939
United States3461:1,047,56976,686
Argentina961:445,24433,533
Peru861:369,58312,369
Spain501:935,04135,950
Brazil471:4,554,773120,089
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Urquieta (575) may also be a first name.

Urquieta Last Name Facts

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

Urquieta is carried by more people in Bolivia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urquieta? popularity and diffusion

Urquieta is the 76,855th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,143,683 people. Urquieta is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Urquieta reside; 66 percent reside in South America and 39 percent reside in Andean South America. Urquieta is also the 349,457th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 575 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Bolivia, where it is held by 2,402 people, or 1 in 4,420. In Bolivia Urquieta is mostly concentrated in: Santa Cruz Department, where 48 percent live, Cochabamba Department, where 30 percent live and La Paz Department, where 13 percent live. Other than Bolivia this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 28 percent live and Chile, where 24 percent live.

Urquieta Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Urquieta last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Urquieta earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 73.21% more than the national average, earning S/. 33,577 per year and in United States they earn 3.81% less than the national average, earning $41,505 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gurquieta941/
Urqueta93706/
Urquita9314/
Urguieta885/
Urquesta882/
Urquieto881/
Urquito8012/
Urkieta808/
Urgueta802/
Horquita75103/
Horqueta7516/
Orquitta751/
Orquito671/
Orketa572/

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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 Urquieta
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