How common is the surname Urrutia?

7,208 people in the United States had the surname Urrutia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,834 Americans. It ranked 4,888th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Urrutia?

Ermidelio Urrutia, baseball player.

Where is the surname Urrutia most common?

Wikidata records people named Urrutia in Cuba.

Is the surname Urrutia getting more or less common?

More common. 5,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,208 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Urrutia

A Spanish surname, carried by 7,208 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex U630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Urrutia is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Urrutia, itself from Basque urruti (“far, distant”).

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 7,208 people named Urrutia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,834 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,225.

#4,888

rank among US surnames

7,208

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+38%

change since 2000 (was #6,055)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,879	Walz	7,220	42,763
#4,880	Bussey	7,219	42,768
#4,881	Bosley	7,216	42,786
#4,882	Gorski	7,213	42,804
#4,883	Gurrola	7,211	42,816
#4,885	Verdugo	7,210	42,822
#4,887	Neel	7,209	42,828

Who is named Urrutia

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

88% of people named Urrutia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Two or more races 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Urrutias

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ermidelio Urrutia
Baseball player, born 1963

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Urrutia come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Urrutia, itself from Basque urruti (“far, distant”).
How common is the surname Urrutia?: 7,208 people in the United States had the surname Urrutia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,834 Americans. It ranked 4,888th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Urrutia?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Urrutia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Urrutia?: Ermidelio Urrutia, baseball player.
Where is the surname Urrutia most common?: Wikidata records people named Urrutia in Cuba.
Is the surname Urrutia getting more or less common?: More common. 5,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,208 in 2010, up 38%.