Ure is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ure
No. of characters: 3
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ure

How popular is Ure?

Ure is common in United States.

Ure is ranked 44235 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ures grew by 9.279476 per cent to 1001 since 2000 and ranked 24855 after elevating 519 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.01 92.58
Hispanic or Latino 5.39 4.26
Others 1.1 1.42
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.8 0.98
Ure is quite popular family name mostly used in Turkey while Papua New Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 10923 people have been found who wears Ure as their family name. Ure is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
95,557 Czech Republic6
27,602 Nigeria4
184,212 France3
54,641 Sweden2
65,594 Belgium2
118,441 Germany2
3,940 Ethiopia2
21,529 Singapore2
40,256 Mexico2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
25,721 Egypt1
12,741 Ecuador1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
34,581 Chile1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
10,190 Bahrain1
37,493 Austria1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
15,162 Costa Rica1
17,236 Ghana1
9,591 Panama1
36,814 Romania1
42,479 Greece1
81,201 Switzerland1
29,046 Japan1
49,529 Israel1
31,207 Ireland1
8,859 Iraq1
1,254 Gibraltar1
18,969 Wales1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
56,148 Spain32
62,494 Netherlands22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
92,589 Brazil79
16,172 Peru71
12,039 Colombia70
11,471 Norway66
Countries with hundreds of Ure:
2,480 Venezuela878
8,407 England790
1,523 Scotland486
6,061 Australia481
9,565 Canada417
25,062 Argentina209
50,045 Indonesia185
4,879 New Zealand156
35,546 South Africa146
Countries with thousands of Ure:
3,903 Turkey2,481
548 Papua New Guinea1,743
28,495 India1,310
25,415 United States1,208
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 25 years old immigrant Mathew Ure who was residing in Ireland migrated to New-York on June 16, 1849 by Harmonia put out from Glasgow. Merchant Thomas Ure, 20 years old William Ure, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

T
Thomas Gilyard
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from ur word meaning water, and by extension the location of the water this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Ure Namesakes

    Jean Ure, English children's author
  • Harold Urey, Chemist
  • Harold Urey, Chemist
  • Mladen Urem, Critic
  • Ariel Ureta, Comedian
  • Bar?? Zeki Üregül, Tar?k Akan's son
  • Rafael Estrella Ureña, Dominican Politician
  • Boot Ureta, Ariel Ureta's wife
  • Andrew Ure, Doctor
  • Gudrun Ure, Actress
  • Camila Henríquez Ureña, Writer

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