Surnames beginning with U
106 surnames starting with U, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, with notable names that are rare in the US further down.
| # | Surname | Origin | US rank | People in the US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Underwood | place | 588 | 57,064 |
| 2 | Uribe | Spanish | 1,448 | 24,612 |
| 3 | Urban | patronymic | 1,790 | 20,058 |
| 4 | Ulrich | 2,180 | 16,668 | |
| 5 | Unger | 2,449 | 14,738 | |
| 6 | Urbina | Spanish, place | 2,409 | 15,055 |
| 7 | Upton | English, place | 2,616 | 13,769 |
| 8 | Ulloa | Galician | 2,743 | 13,133 |
| 9 | Urena | Spanish | 3,261 | 11,066 |
| 10 | Upchurch | English, place | 3,587 | 9,922 |
| 11 | Ulmer | German | 4,348 | 8,165 |
| 12 | Urias | 4,471 | 7,941 | |
| 13 | Unruh | 4,524 | 7,835 | |
| 14 | Upshaw | English, place | 4,778 | 7,401 |
| 15 | Usher | occupational | 4,742 | 7,477 |
| 16 | Utley | English, place | 4,788 | 7,385 |
| 17 | Urrutia | Spanish | 4,888 | 7,208 |
| 18 | Underhill | place | 5,119 | 6,839 |
| 19 | Umana | 5,415 | 6,426 | |
| 20 | Uddin | Bengali | 6,079 | 5,639 |
| 21 | Uhl | 6,476 | 5,244 | |
| 22 | Ussery | 6,708 | 5,036 | |
| 23 | Ung | 7,369 | 4,519 | |
| 24 | Urquhart | Scottish Gaelic, place | 7,578 | 4,385 |
| 25 | Urbano | 7,612 | 4,368 | |
| 26 | Utter | 7,668 | 4,331 | |
| 27 | Ugalde | Basque | 8,673 | 3,789 |
| 28 | Ullrich | 9,093 | 3,592 | |
| 29 | Uriarte | Basque | 9,085 | 3,597 |
| 30 | Uy | Khmer | 9,003 | 3,633 |
| 31 | Umanzor | 9,479 | 3,432 | |
| 32 | Ugarte | Spanish | 9,881 | 3,272 |
| 33 | Ullman | 10,026 | 3,213 | |
| 34 | Urbanski | Polish | 9,890 | 3,270 |
| 35 | Uriostegui | Spanish | 10,155 | 3,177 |
| 36 | Utterback | 10,310 | 3,125 | |
| 37 | Ulibarri | Spanish, place | 10,628 | 3,013 |
| 38 | Utz | 10,536 | 3,044 | |
| 39 | Updike | Dutch | 10,829 | 2,941 |
| 40 | Urso | 11,648 | 2,691 | |
| 41 | Urrea | Spanish | 13,007 | 2,360 |
| 42 | Umberger | 13,569 | 2,235 | |
| 43 | Urquiza | Spanish | 13,815 | 2,188 |
| 44 | Utt | 14,076 | 2,137 | |
| 45 | Uresti | Spanish | 14,197 | 2,115 |
| 46 | Umstead | 15,127 | 1,949 | |
| 47 | Ullah | 14,976 | 1,974 | |
| 48 | Upham | English, place | 16,060 | 1,804 |
| 49 | Usry | 15,771 | 1,848 | |
| 50 | Uecker | German | 16,284 | 1,771 |
| 51 | Urbanek | 16,407 | 1,754 | |
| 52 | Upson | 16,203 | 1,782 | |
| 53 | Urzua | Spanish | 16,385 | 1,757 |
| 54 | Ulery | 16,839 | 1,695 | |
| 55 | Ulm | 17,111 | 1,658 | |
| 56 | Uhler | 17,331 | 1,631 | |
| 57 | Ungar | 17,530 | 1,606 | |
| 58 | Udell | 17,216 | 1,645 | |
| 59 | Um | Korean | 17,526 | 1,607 |
| 60 | Ullom | 17,551 | 1,603 | |
| 61 | Urich | 18,128 | 1,536 | |
| 62 | Urbaniak | 19,306 | 1,402 | |
| 63 | Ulysse | 18,928 | 1,442 | |
| 64 | Updegraff | Dutch | 19,166 | 1,417 |
| 65 | Ulman | 19,907 | 1,349 | |
| 66 | Uhrig | 19,997 | 1,339 | |
| 67 | Uhrich | 20,116 | 1,328 | |
| 68 | Uyeda | 20,139 | 1,326 | |
| 69 | Uppal | 20,364 | 1,305 | |
| 70 | Uselton | 20,408 | 1,302 | |
| 71 | Uber | 20,421 | 1,301 | |
| 72 | Upadhyay | Hindi, occupational | 20,780 | 1,271 |
| 73 | Uranga | Spanish | 20,843 | 1,266 |
| 74 | Umali | 20,910 | 1,260 | |
| 75 | Urick | 21,633 | 1,205 | |
| 76 | Ullery | 21,019 | 1,251 | |
| 77 | Ullmann | German | 24,260 | 1,034 |
| 78 | Uhlig | 21,413 | 1,221 | |
| 79 | Urie | 23,315 | 1,092 | |
| 80 | Ulrey | 21,940 | 1,183 | |
| 81 | Usrey | 22,081 | 1,173 | |
| 82 | Urquidez | Spanish | 22,906 | 1,117 |
| 83 | Uchida | Japanese | 22,301 | 1,156 |
| 84 | Ureno | 22,346 | 1,153 | |
| 85 | Umphrey | 22,856 | 1,120 | |
| 86 | Uzzell | 23,283 | 1,094 | |
| 87 | Ulbrich | 23,532 | 1,079 | |
| 88 | Unsworth | English, place | 25,381 | 975 |
| 89 | Uphoff | 24,186 | 1,039 | |
| 90 | Unzueta | Spanish, place | 24,222 | 1,036 |
| 91 | Urgiles | Spanish | 24,260 | 1,034 |
| 92 | Unrein | 24,431 | 1,025 | |
| 93 | Usman | Arabic, patronymic | 24,446 | 1,024 |
| 94 | Urioste | Spanish | 24,466 | 1,023 |
| 95 | Utecht | German | 24,483 | 1,022 |
| 96 | Ure | 24,855 | 1,001 | |
| 97 | Unser | 31,790 | 726 | |
| 98 | Udall | 32,236 | 715 | |
| 99 | Unwin | English, patronymic | 35,016 | 644 |
| 100 | Usmani | Urdu | 34,427 | 658 |
| 101 | Utrera | Spanish, place | 37,735 | 589 |
| 102 | Urbaez | Spanish | 38,103 | 582 |
| 103 | Ursua | Spanish | 38,214 | 580 |
| 104 | Ude | German, patronymic | 39,887 | 550 |
| 105 | Ulin | Swedish | 40,371 | 542 |
| 106 | Udovich | Slovene, patronymic | 41,886 | 519 |