How common is the surname Urquhart?

4,385 people in the United States had the surname Urquhart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,409 Americans. It ranked 7,578th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Urquhart?

Feargus Urquhart, American video game designer, followed by Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter.

Where is the surname Urquhart most common?

Wikidata records people named Urquhart in the United States.

How do you pronounce Urquhart?

Urquhart is /ˈɜː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)t/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Urquhart getting more or less common?

More common. 4,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,385 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Urquhart

A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 4,385 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɜː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)t/ 2 syllables Soundex U626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Urquhart is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Probably from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh ar (“on”) + cardden (“enclosure”).

Urquhart is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,385 people named Urquhart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,409 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,163.

#7,578

rank among US surnames

4,385

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,381)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,571	Lasher	4,389	70,345
#7,572	Sunderland	4,387	70,377
#7,575	Devera	4,386	70,393
#7,578	Wideman	4,385	70,409
#7,580	Mars	4,384	70,426
#7,582	Vanhouten	4,383	70,442
#7,584	Wilfong	4,382	70,458

Who is named Urquhart

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

72% of people named Urquhart identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Urquharts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Feargus Urquhart
American video game designer, born 1970
Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter
American actress (1857-1936)

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Urquhart come from?: Probably from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh ar (“on”) + cardden (“enclosure”).
How common is the surname Urquhart?: 4,385 people in the United States had the surname Urquhart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,409 Americans. It ranked 7,578th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Urquhart?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Urquhart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Urquhart?: Feargus Urquhart, American video game designer, followed by Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter.
Where is the surname Urquhart most common?: Wikidata records people named Urquhart in the United States.
How do you pronounce Urquhart?: Urquhart is /ˈɜː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)t/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Urquhart?: Urquhart is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Urquhart getting more or less common?: More common. 4,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,385 in 2010, up 5.3%.