Uruvia Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

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

Uruvia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uruvia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Uruvia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Uruvia occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Uruvia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Uruvia is primarily found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Uruvia live; 94 percent live in Oceania Islands and 94 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Uruvia is most frequent in: Central, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Peru, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urruviah8619/
Urubia832/
Guruvaiya806/
Urrubia771/
Ourubia771/
Hurubia771/
Guruvya771/
Guruvaaiah751/
Orubia67634/
Urubio67218/
Guruvayya6734/
Guruwaiya6714/
Urivio675/
Urobia672/
Irivia671/
Gurubhaiya6322/
Ourivio6266/
Ourobia625/
Orrubia621/
Eurivio621/
Urrobia621/
Horrubia572/
Hourobia571/
Orobia501,470/
Orubio5017/
Urobio505/
Irivio501/
Gurubhayya501/

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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 Uruvia
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