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

Urgilez, 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 Urgilez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Urgilez in America

Urgilez is the 133048th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Urgilez surname appeared 127 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 Urgilez.

The history of the last name Urgilez

The surname URGILEZ is believed to have originated in the Basque region of northern Spain and southwestern France, dating back to the 12th or 13th century. It is likely derived from the Basque words "urgi" meaning "oak" and "leza" meaning "cave" or "cavern," possibly referring to a place where oak trees grew near a cave or rocky area.

Records show that the name URGILEZ first appeared in medieval Basque documents and charters from the region of Navarre, where variations such as "Urgileza" and "Urguileza" were used. Some early mentions of the name can be found in the Cartulario de San Millán de la Cogolla, a collection of medieval manuscripts from the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla in La Rioja, Spain.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Juan Urgilez, a prominent landowner and nobleman from the town of Echarri-Aranaz in Navarre, who lived in the late 14th century. Another notable figure was Pedro Urgilez, a Basque soldier who fought in the Reconquista campaigns against the Moors in the 15th century.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name URGILEZ spread to other parts of Spain, particularly to the regions of Aragon and Catalonia, where it was sometimes spelled as "Urgilés" or "Urgillés." A few individuals of note from this period include Martín Urgilez, a Basque writer and poet born in Pamplona in 1542, and Juana Urgilez, a renowned lace-maker from Barcelona who lived in the late 17th century.

In the 18th century, the URGILEZ surname also made its way to the Americas, carried by Spanish settlers and immigrants to various parts of Latin America. One notable bearer was Miguel Urgilez, a Venezuelan military officer who fought in the Venezuelan War of Independence against the Spanish colonial rule in the early 19th century.

Throughout its history, the URGILEZ surname has maintained its Basque roots and is still primarily concentrated in the Basque Country and neighboring regions of Spain and France, although it can be found in smaller numbers in other parts of Europe and the Americas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Urgilez

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

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 Urgilez 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.

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

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