Uruña Surname

770,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bolivia
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Uruña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uruña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bolivia3571:29,7382,038
Colombia121:3,981,17316,511

The alternate forms: Uruna (57) are calculated separately.

Uruña Last Name Facts

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

The last name Uruña is more commonly found in Bolivia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Uruna. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Uruña? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 770,644th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Uruña live; 100 percent live in South America and 97 percent live in Andean South America.

The last name is most commonly used in Bolivia, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 29,738. In Bolivia it is most prevalent in: La Paz Department, where 99 percent reside, Oruro Department, where 0 percent reside and Pando Department, where 0 percent reside. Besides Bolivia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Colombia, where 3 percent reside.

Uruña Last Name Statistics demography

Uruña earn significantly more than the average income. In Colombia they earn 25.9% more than the national average, earning $28,583,000 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uruna9357/
Urueña9111,237/
Hurueña838/
Urrueña833/
Aurueña831/
Oruña80230/
Uruño80104/
Auruna735,098/
Huruna73851/
Uruena73269/
Guruna73215/
Urunga7392/
Urouna7333/
Urunna735/
Urunya734/
Urueño732/
Euruna731/
Urunia731/
Uruiño731/
Orouña731/
Uruina731/
Gurunga67647/
Hauruna6751/
Urounah6721/
Uiriñau6715/
Hurunia677/
Gauruna676/
Gurunja674/
Gurunna672/
Ourunga672/
Gurunai672/
Gurunau672/
Hurunaa671/
Uirauna671/
Hurunai671/
Gurouna671/
Ourouna671/
Gurruna671/

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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 Uruña
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