The surname Urzua
A Spanish surname, carried by 1,757 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex U620
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Urzúa, itself of Basque origin.
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 1,757 people named Urzua in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,723 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,263.
Who is named Urzua
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Urzua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
Surnames that sound like Urzua
Urzua has the Soundex code U620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U620.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Urzua come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Urzúa, itself of Basque origin.
- How common is the surname Urzua?
- 1,757 people in the United States had the surname Urzua in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,723 Americans. It ranked 16,385th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Urzua?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Urzua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Urzua getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,263 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,757 in 2010, up 39%.
- What are other spellings of Urzua?
- Ursua.