Urrah Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Urrah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 162 | 1:1,093,474 | 45,309 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Urrah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urrah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Urrah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Urrah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,290,735th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. The last name Urrah is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Urrah are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Urrah is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 1,093,474. In Nigeria Urrah is most common in: Benue, where 70 percent are found, Kaduna, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Urrah is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 1 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Urrah
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