Urízar Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Urízar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urízar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guatemala1191:135,1483,285
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Urizar (13,224) are calculated separately.

Urízar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Urízar is more frequently found in Guatemala than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Urizar. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Urízar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,504,764th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Urízar live; 87 percent live in Central America and 87 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

The surname Urízar is most widespread in Guatemala, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 135,148. In Guatemala it is most numerous in: Guatemala Department, where 83 percent live, Alta Verapaz Department, where 1 percent live and Quiché Department, where 1 percent live. Not including Guatemala it occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 3 percent live and Mexico, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urizar9413,224/
Uríszar922/
Irízar833/
Uriszar7738/
Hurizar774/
Urizare773/
Eurizar773/
Urrizar771/
Urizarr771/
Ourizare711/
Gourezar711/
Irizar671,795/
Orizar67126/
Orezar6757/
Urisar6713/
Oryzar6710/
Uricar675/
Urecar672/
Gourehzar671/
Irizarr623/
Aurisar621/
Utresar621/
Irrizar621/
Uricarova532/
Iresar5033/
Oresar5029/
Irezor5029/
Orešar503/
Orizor501/

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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 Urízar
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