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The surname Urso

A surname, carried by 2,691 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex U620

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Urso is more common than 92.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,691 people named Urso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,733 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,672.

#11,648
rank among US surnames
2,691
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+0.7%
change since 2000 (was #10,929)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,642Rabideau2,693114,647
#11,644Danford2,692114,690
#11,648Urso2,691114,733
#11,653Foti2,690114,775

Who is named Urso

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

95% of people named Urso identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
  • Two or more races 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Urso

Urso has the Soundex code U620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U620.

Questions

How common is the surname Urso?
2,691 people in the United States had the surname Urso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,733 Americans. It ranked 11,648th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Urso?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Urso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Urso getting more or less common?
More common. 2,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,691 in 2010, up 0.7%.