Urueña Surname

46,158th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Urueña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urueña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia6,5621:7,280916
Argentina3,1911:13,3951,207
Spain8981:52,0624,840
Mexico3971:312,6606,932
Venezuela801:377,5517,975
Ecuador311:513,09210,998
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Chile221:800,74917,445
Uruguay161:214,48516,699
Panama41:978,06412,245
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France21:33,211,361423,184
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Uruena (269) are calculated separately.

Urueña Last Name Facts

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

The surname Urueña is found most in Colombia. It can be rendered as: Uruena. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Urueña? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 46,158th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 648,531 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Urueña reside; 88 percent reside in South America and 59 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

The surname Urueña is most common in Colombia, where it is borne by 6,562 people, or 1 in 7,280. In Colombia it is primarily concentrated in: Tolima Department, where 39 percent live, Capital District, where 26 percent live and Cundinamarca Department, where 8 percent live. Not including Colombia this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 28 percent live and Spain, where 8 percent live.

Urueña Last Name Statistics demography

Urueña earn somewhat more than the average income. In Colombia they earn 5.06% more than the national average, earning $23,852,000 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uruena94269/
Urueñas9219/
Hurueña928/
Urrueña923/
Aurueña921/
Uruña91369/
Urveña8367/
Orueña8343/
Urueño832/
Urbeña832/
Ureaña831/
Uraeña831/
Urueñez779/
Gurveña772/
Uruenia771/
Uruño73104/
Uruna7357/
Gurujena7124/
Auruna675,098/
Huruna67851/
Urbiña67497/
Urbena67107/
Urouna6733/
Urueni6722/
Urviña675/
Urunna675/
Oruena674/
Ureina674/
Ureana673/
Uruene673/
Ureano672/
Uriena671/
Euruna671/
Urinea671/
Urvena671/
Uruiño671/
Uruina671/

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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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  • 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 Urueña
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