Uur Surname

1,076,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Uur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1661:468,80427,196
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Uur (393) may also be a first name.

Uur Last Name Facts

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

Uur (Russian: Уур) occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Uur? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,076,574th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Uur reside; 51 percent reside in West Asia and 50 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Uur is also the 436,161st most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 393 people.

The surname Uur is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 468,804. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 27 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 9 percent reside and Bursa Province, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Turkey this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Huur86104/
Auur862/
Uuyr862/
Uuhr861/
Uusr861/
Uurd861/
Uujr861/
Ur805,838/
Uurre755/
Uurdh751/
Huurd750/
Hur678,861/
Gur678,155/
Ure677,526/
Uhr672,107/
Aur671,863/
Urh671,189/
Our67939/
Urd67411/
Urr67353/
Uer67195/
Huurre67166/
Uir67106/
Usr6776/
Urz6774/
Urt6773/
Eur6738/
Utr6716/
Urp6714/
Urø6713/
Uyr678/
Ujr675/
Urå673/
Uangur671/

Uur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Uur in the Russian language
Уурuur-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Uur
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