Uscategui Surname

185,683rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Uscategui Surname User-submission:

The Uscategi surname in its origins should have been written as Usategi, meaning in Basque 'place of gramas': usa (grama) and tegui (place of or where it abounds). In some old archives around 1600, Uscategui was written with 's' and no accent.

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Uscategui Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia1,8031:26,4971,801
Venezuela3311:91,2513,475
United States931:3,897,408212,857
Spain191:2,460,63358,585
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Uscátegui (17), Uscàtegui (2) & Uscatégui (1) are calculated separately.

Uscategui Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Uscategi surname in its origins should have been written as Usategi, meaning in Basque 'place of gramas': usa (grama) and tegui (place of or where it abounds). In some old archives around 1600, Uscategui was written with 's' and no accent. Nowadays it is more common to find Uzcátegui with 'z' and accented á. It is worth saying that in the Basque language or Basque, generally, the words are unsteady and have the same or similar accentuation in all syllables.

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Uscategui Last Name Facts

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

The last name Uscategui is held by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Uscátegui, Uscàtegui or Uscatégui. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Uscategui? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 185,683rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,193,491 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Uscategui live; 94 percent live in South America and 94 percent live in Caribbean South America.

Uscategui is most frequently held in Colombia, where it is borne by 1,803 people, or 1 in 26,497. In Colombia it is mostly concentrated in: Capital District, where 22 percent are found, Boyacá Department, where 18 percent are found and Norte de Santander Department, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Colombia this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Uscategui Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Uscategui surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Uscategui earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 0.3% less than the national average, earning $22,634,800 COP per year and in United States they earn 34.42% more than the national average, earning $58,000 USD per year.

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