Uri is used as a family name or surname in Papua New Guinea. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Uri
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Papua New Guinea
Meaning: Worn by Italian Jews is a Hebrew name that means person 'light'.

How popular is Uri?

Uri is common in Papua New Guinea.

Uri is ranked 54494 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Uri bearers increased by 6.410256 per cent in 2010 US census to 166 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1229 spots and ranked at 107134. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 64.46 67.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 18.67 16.03
Hispanic or Latino 10.84 9.62
Others 3.61 5.13
Uri is quite popular family name mostly used in Philippines while Papua New Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 8622 people have been found who wears Uri as their family name. Uri is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
95,557 Czech Republic6
90,215 Germany3
11,342 Uruguay3
32,695 Nigeria3
14,126 Colombia3
14,078 Japan3
21,529 Singapore2
13,552 Qatar2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
25,746 Finland1
25,721 Egypt1
107,212 South Africa1
123,175 Tanzania1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
746 Dominica1
30,360 Thailand1
7,110 Bosnia1
28,746 Algeria1
42,479 Greece1
16,640 Hong Kong1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
5,553 Taiwan1
14,644 Tunisia1
13,447 Uganda1
5,872 Namibia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
14,373 Jordan1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
31,207 Ireland1
29,774 Venezuela1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
18,843 Chile36
85,726 Canada32
124,645 Ukraine30
14,963 Scotland26
71,059 Australia24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
29,040 Denmark15
26,722 New Zealand14
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
124,701 Russia87
14,725 Peru85
31,604 Spain77
57,588 Argentina75
33,970 Netherlands66
60,099 England59
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Uri:
12,365 Indonesia998
2,016 Israel565
1,503 Slovakia497
11,329 Mexico393
3,792 Hungary327
2,659 Bolivia292
84,379 India280
88,124 United States264
42,856 Brazil254
3,247 Serbia237
31,070 Turkey140
1,555 Estonia138
3,152 Slovenia136
6,446 Norway118
Countries with thousands of Uri:
8,759 Philippines1,676
715 Papua New Guinea1,494
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

47 years old sailor Aleandro Uri who was residing in Italy migrated to New York on June 28, 1899 by Aller put out from Genoa.

Comments

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Veronica Curl
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the word meaning uri: Domain village this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Uri Namesakes

  • Adrian Uribe, Actor
  • Aitor Uribarri, Cinematographer
  • Akane Uriya, Musical Artist
  • Masao Urino, Lyricist
  • Ya'akov Uri, Politician
  • Álvaro Uribe, Former President of Colombia
  • Robert Urich, Film actor
  • Álvaro Uribe, Former President of Colombia
  • Rafael Uribe Uribe, Lawyer
  • Arantxa Uribarri, Actress

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