Urubu Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Urubu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urubu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea2121:38,4614,642
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Urubu (104) may also be a first name.

Urubu Last Name Facts

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

Urubu occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Urubu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urubu? popularity and diffusion

Urubu is the 1,121,821st most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Urubu are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 925,156th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 104 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 38,461. In Papua New Guinea Urubu is mostly found in: Hela, where 90 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 5 percent are found and Central, where 4 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urubau9118/
Hurubu916/
Ureubu914/
Gurubu912/
Urubuis831/
Orubu80800/
Uruvu804/
Irubu801/
Uribu801/
Ouroubou77630/
Guruvu731,459/
Orubou7313/
Huruvu735/
Orhubu731/
Orubau731/
Oroubou673/
Iribu60210/
Urowu60204/
Oruwu6017/
Orobu6010/
Oruvu601/
Jiribu551/
Urhowu551/
Ourobou502/

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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 Urubu
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