Urey is used as a family name or surname in Turkey. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Urey
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Turkey
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Urey

How popular is Urey?

Urey is common in Turkey.

Urey is ranked 64700 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ureies grew by 15.87537 per cent to 781 since 2000 and ranked 30043 after elevating 2184 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 71.96 79.53
Hispanic or Latino 13.19 10.53
Black 12.29 8.16
Others 1.79 1.48
Urey is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Liberia which signifies that it is originated from Liberia. Around 7046 people have been found who wears Urey as their family name. Urey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
212,166 Canada9
5,565 Costa Rica8
1,219,338 India3
24,269 Peru2
18,625 Japan2
24,766 Scotland2
107,212 South Africa1
13,606 Senegal1
91,024 Belgium1
169,904 Brazil1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
3,993 El Salvador1
18,969 Wales1
31,207 Ireland1
56,169 Mexico1
47,891 Norway1
21,562 Portugal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
32,811 Sweden29
109,551 Australia13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,122 Chile90
57,588 Argentina75
37,264 Spain60
Countries with hundreds of Urey:
35,465 United States808
667 Nicaragua715
30,207 England151
Countries with thousands of Urey:
352 Liberia1,836
868 Bolivia1,800
6,020 Turkey1,432
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Urey Namesakes

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  • Mulbah Urey, Soccer player
  • Matt Urey, Actor
  • James Urey Korein, Author
  • Harold Urey, Chemist

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