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    The surname Ursua

    A Spanish surname, carried by 580 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). Ursua is more common than 76.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Ursúa, variant of Urzúa, a surname of Basque origin. Also a Filipino surname due to the Catalogo alfabético de apellidos; in the Philippines, mostly found among Pangasinan people.

    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 580 people named Ursua in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 532,320 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 464.

    #38,214
    rank among US surnames
    580
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25%
    change since 2000 (was #43,798)

    Who is named Ursua

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

    60% of people named Ursua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 60%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 27%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.5%
    • Two or more races 4.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Ursua

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ursua come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Ursúa, variant of Urzúa, a surname of Basque origin. Also a Filipino surname due to the Catalogo alfabético de apellidos; in the Philippines, mostly found among Pangasinan people.
    How common is the surname Ursua?
    580 people in the United States had the surname Ursua in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 532,320 Americans. It ranked 38,214th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ursua?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Ursua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Ursua getting more or less common?
    More common. 464 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 580 in 2010, up 25%.
    What are other spellings of Ursua?
    Urzua.