Find out how popular the last name Uraga is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Uraga.

Uraga, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Uraga surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Uraga in America

Uraga is the 48628th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Uraga surname appeared 434 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Uraga.

We can also compare 2010 data for Uraga to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Uraga

The surname Uraga has its origins in the Basque region of northern Spain and southwestern France. It is believed to be derived from the Basque word "ura," meaning water, and "ga," meaning place or location. This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near a body of water, such as a river or lake.

The earliest known record of the name Uraga dates back to the 12th century, where it is mentioned in a document from the town of Guernica in the Basque province of Biscay. At that time, the name was written as "Uraga" or "Uragua," reflecting the variations in spelling common in medieval times.

In the 14th century, a nobleman named Lope Iñiguez de Uraga is recorded as having served under King Alfonso XI of Castile during the Reconquista, the campaign to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors. His descendants continued to use the surname Uraga in the following centuries.

The name Uraga can also be found in historical records from the 16th and 17th centuries, such as the baptismal records of the parish of San Pedro de Abanto in Biscay. One notable individual from this time period was Juan de Uraga, a merchant and shipowner from the port city of Bilbao, who was born in 1575 and died in 1642.

In the 18th century, the Basque writer and linguist Manuel de Larramendi, born in 1690 and died in 1766, mentioned the surname Uraga in his work on the Basque language and its origins. This suggests that the name was well-established in the Basque region by that time.

Another notable figure with the surname Uraga was José María Uraga y Barreneche, a Spanish military officer and politician who served as the Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina from 1839 to 1840. He was born in Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, in 1786 and died in 1857.

Throughout its history, the surname Uraga has been associated with various place names in the Basque Country, such as Uraga (a neighborhood in Bilbao), Uragañe (a village in Biscay), and Uraga-Toki (a location in Gipuzkoa). These place names further reinforce the connection between the surname and the Basque word for water or a watery location.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Uraga

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Uraga.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Uraga was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Uraga has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Uraga was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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