# Urquiza (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/urquiza/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,188 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,815 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 141,109 people |
| Change since 2000 | +55% (1,414 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Urquiza, itself of Basque origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Urquiza in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 96% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Urquiza in Argentina.

## People named Urquiza

- Justo José de Urquiza, Argentine politician and military (1801–1870)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.