Uruñuela Surname

526,285th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Uruñuela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uruñuela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain4221:110,7878,802
Mexico1281:969,73612,932
Argentina591:724,46549,289
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Urunuela (22) are calculated separately.

Uruñuela Last Name Facts

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

Uruñuela has its highest incidence in Spain. It can occur as a variant: Urunuela. Click here for further possible spellings of Uruñuela.

How Common Is The Last Name Uruñuela? popularity and diffusion

The last name Uruñuela is the 526,285th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,830,432 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Uruñuela reside; 69 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 69 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is carried by 422 people, or 1 in 110,787. In Spain it is most numerous in: La Rioja, where 39 percent are found, Basque Country, where 19 percent are found and Madrid, where 16 percent are found. Beside Spain it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 21 percent are found and Argentina, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urunuela9622/
Uruñuelas941/
Uruñela932/
Uriñuela883/
Iruñuela881/
Oriñuela756/
Urunla711/
Yrañela6791/
Erañela6715/
Yurnela6711/
Urnella673/
Arnuela672/
Ornuela671/
Urnelia671/

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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 Uruñuela
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