The surname Urena
A Spanish surname, carried by 11,066 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex U650
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Ureña, itself from Basque.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 11,066 people named Urena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,900 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,064.
Who is named Urena
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Urena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Urena
Urena has the Soundex code U650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U650.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Urena come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Ureña, itself from Basque.
- How common is the surname Urena?
- 11,066 people in the United States had the surname Urena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,900 Americans. It ranked 3,261st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Urena?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Urena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Urena getting more or less common?
- More common. 8,064 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,066 in 2010, up 37%.