Urtans Surname

577,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 544 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Urtans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Urtans Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia5301:3,868526
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
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The alternate forms: Urtāns (6) & Urtãns (1) are calculated separately.

Urtans Last Name Facts

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

The last name Urtans (Russian: Уртанс) is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Urtāns or Urtãns. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Urtans? popularity and diffusion

It is the 577,768th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 13,396,224 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Urtans reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

Urtans is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 530 people, or 1 in 3,868. In Latvia Urtans is mostly concentrated in: Latgale, where 57 percent are found, Riga Planning Region, where 33 percent are found and Semigallia, where 8 percent are found. Barring Latvia Urtans occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urtāns946/
Urtãns941/
Ortans834/
Hortans7738/
Orthans771/
Horttans711/
Ortanç67202/
Ortons675/
Hortons6221/
Horton's571/

Urtans Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Urtans in the Russian language
Уртансurtans-

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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 Urtans
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