How common is the surname Urie?

1,092 people in the United States had the surname Urie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,734 Americans. It ranked 23,315th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Urie?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Urie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Urie?

Brendon Urie, American singer and musician, followed by Michael Urie.

Where is the surname Urie most common?

Wikidata records people named Urie in the United States.

Is the surname Urie getting more or less common?

More common. 1,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,092 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Urie

A surname, carried by 1,092 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex U600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Urie is more common than 85.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Urey.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,092 people named Urie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,734 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,051.

#23,315

rank among US surnames

1,092

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #22,783)

Who is named Urie

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Urie identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Uries

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brendon Urie
American singer and musician, born 1987
Michael Urie
American actor (born 1980)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Urie

Urie has the Soundex code U600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U600.

Questions

Where does the surname Urie come from?: Variant of Urey.
How common is the surname Urie?: 1,092 people in the United States had the surname Urie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,734 Americans. It ranked 23,315th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Urie?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Urie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Urie?: Brendon Urie, American singer and musician, followed by Michael Urie.
Where is the surname Urie most common?: Wikidata records people named Urie in the United States.
Is the surname Urie getting more or less common?: More common. 1,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,092 in 2010, up 3.9%.