Urquhart is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Urquhart
No. of characters: 8
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Urquhart

How popular is Urquhart?

Urquhart is common in South Africa.

Urquhart is ranked 23418 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Urquhart bearers increased by 5.332693 per cent in 2010 US census to 4385 since 2000, the surname slipped by 197 spots and ranked at 7578. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.9 75.33
Black 22.03 21.16
Others 3.06 1.49
Hispanic or Latino 2.08 1.13
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.32 0.29
Urquhart is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 21960 people have been found who wears Urquhart as their family name. Urquhart is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
9,759 Japan5
661,536 Indonesia3
90,215 Germany3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
6,900 Oman2
26,123 Malaysia2
20,595 China2
54,641 Sweden2
23,344 Austria2
50,549 Georgia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
7,314 Bolivia1
31,584 Peru1
897,276 Russia1
2,040 Mali1
120,357 Argentina1
174,544 Czech Republic1
1,704,541 India1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
56,169 Mexico1
2,309 Monaco1
17,575 Kuwait1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
49,529 Israel1
2,057 Isle of Man1
624 Solomon Islands1
7,895 South Korea1
42,479 Greece1
799 British Virgin Islands1
29,774 Venezuela1
7,292 Vietnam1
49,101 Denmark1
7,790 Zambia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
7,570 Ireland38
3,579 Trinidad and Tobago37
3,075 Cyprus34
55,100 Spain33
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
28,338 Norway20
3,830 Luxembourg20
4,591 Guyana16
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
67,110 Italy90
4,526 Singapore71
3,257 Hong Kong71
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Urquhart:
1,086 Paraguay567
1,396 New Zealand528
1,340 Jamaica214
1,965 Wales203
6,110 Chile162
60,164 Brazil159
Countries with thousands of Urquhart:
6,597 United States5,850
2,281 England3,479
1,621 Canada3,173
269 Scotland2,901
1,140 Australia2,770
5,288 South Africa1,224
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Andrew Urquhart was 2 years old when he migrated to Ohio-State during Irish famine on October 26, 1848. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as joiner and took Governor Hinckley from Glasgow. David Urquhart, aged 21, are other Urquhart that migrated to US.

Urquhart Namesakes

  • Alasdair Urquhart, Professor of mathematics
  • Alistair Urquhart, Businessman
  • Robert Urquhart, Character actor
  • Brian Urquhart, Author
  • Isabelle Urquhart, Actress
  • Don Urquhart, Politician
  • James Burwell Urquhart, Architect
  • Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter, Actress
  • Dayle Urquhart, Ian Beckles' wife
  • Dresden Urquhart, Costume designer

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