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

Uran, 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 Uran surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Uran in America

Uran is the 45740th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Uran surname appeared 467 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 Uran.

We can also compare 2010 data for Uran 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 Uran

The surname URAN is believed to have originated in the Slavic regions of Eastern Europe, specifically in modern-day Poland and Ukraine, during the medieval period around the 12th or 13th century. Its roots can be traced back to the Old Slavic word "uran," which means "dark" or "brown," and was likely used as a descriptive name for someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion.

One of the earliest known references to the name URAN can be found in a Polish tax register from the late 14th century, where a certain Jan Uran is listed as a landowner in the village of Stare Miasto. This suggests that the name had already been established in the region by that time.

In the 16th century, the URAN surname appears in various records from the Kingdom of Poland, including a court document from 1532 mentioning a nobleman named Stanisław Uran. Around the same period, the name was also found in the Ruthenian lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, particularly in the region of Volhynia (modern-day northwestern Ukraine).

One notable individual bearing the URAN surname was Mikołaj Uran, a Polish military commander who fought in the Polish-Muscovite War of 1609-1618. He was born in the late 16th century and played a crucial role in defending the city of Smolensk against Russian forces.

Another prominent figure was Jakub Uran, a Polish-Lithuanian historian and chronicler who lived in the 17th century. He is best known for his work "Historia Poloniae" (History of Poland), which provided a detailed account of the country's history from its earliest times until the mid-17th century.

In the 18th century, the URAN surname was found in various regions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, including the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (modern-day Belarus and parts of Lithuania, Ukraine, and Russia). One notable individual from this period was Jan Uran, a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and landowner who lived in the mid-18th century.

As the centuries progressed, the URAN surname continued to be present in various regions of Eastern Europe, particularly in areas with significant Slavic populations. Some other historical figures bearing this surname include Andrzej Uran, a Polish philosopher and writer from the late 19th century, and Mikhail Uran, a Russian military officer who fought in World War I.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Uran

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

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 Uran 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 Uran 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 Uran was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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