Explore the Family Name Urrea

The meaning of Urrea

Spanish: habitational name from Urrea de Gaén in Teruel province, or Urrea de Jalón in Zaragoza, of pre-Roman origin. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Carlos, Juan, Francisco, Jorge, Luis, Miguel, Gustavo, Jose, Alejandro, Eduardo, Jaime, Mario.

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How common is the last name Urrea in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Urrea has significantly increased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the rank was 15,154 while in 2010 it improved to 13,007 reflecting a positive change of 14.17%. The count of individuals with the Urrea surname also rose from 1,785 in 2000 to 2,360 in 2010, marking an increase of 32.21%. The proportion of the Urrea surname per 100,000 people also went up from 0.66 in 2000 to 0.8 in 2010, showing an augmentation by 21.21%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,154	#13,007	14.17%
Count	1,785	2,360	32.21%
Proportion per 100k	0.66	0.8	21.21%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Urrea

In terms of ethnicity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the Urrea surname identify as Hispanic. This has slightly grown from 90.31% in 2000 to 91.10% in 2010. There's a small percentage of those who identify as White, which has marginally decreased from 8.46% in 2000 to 7.88% in 2010. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander have seen a minor increase from 0.56% in 2000 to 0.59% in 2010. Unfortunately, there's been a decline in the number of individuals reporting two or more races from 0.28% in 2000 to 0.21% in 2010. The categories of Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained constant at 0% for both the years.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	90.31%	91.1%	0.87%
White	8.46%	7.88%	-6.86%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.56%	0.59%	5.36%
Two or More Races	0.28%	0.21%	-25%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%