Urubu Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Urubu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 212 | 1:38,461 | 4,642 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
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
The last name Urubu is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Urubu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Urubu is the 1,121,821st most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Urubu live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 925,156th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 104 people.
This last name 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 most common in: Hela, where 90 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 5 percent reside and Central, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Urubu
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