Urquiz Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Urquiz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urquiz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain251:1,870,08151,392
Mexico231:5,396,79230,197
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Urquiz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Urquiz is more frequently found in Spain than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Urquiz? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,394,033rd most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Urquiz are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

Urquiz is most frequent in Spain, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 1,870,081. In Spain Urquiz is most numerous in: Aragon, where 100 percent are found. Not including Spain this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 36 percent are found and Brazil, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urquiez923/
Urquidz923/
Urqui917/
Urquidcz861/
Urquis834/
Urquez833/
Urquid833/
Urquit830/
Urquies771/
Urque7310/
Hurqi731/
Aurqi731/
Gurqi731/
Horrquiz711/
Uerkuitz711/
Urquhait710/
Hurgui6730/
Urquet6725/
Ourgui672/
Urques671/
Aurque671/
Gourguaiz671/
Urquìa671/
Irquez671/

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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 Urquiz
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