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

Urive, 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 Urive surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Urive in America

Urive is the 48060th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Urive surname appeared 440 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 Urive.

We can also compare 2010 data for Urive 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 Urive

The surname URIVE is believed to have originated in the Basque region of northern Spain and southwestern France. It likely derives from the Basque word "uri" meaning "town" or "village". The name emerged sometime during the medieval period, possibly as early as the 11th or 12th century.

Records show the name was present in various parts of the Basque Country, including the provinces of Gipuzkoa, Bizkaia, and Navarre. It may have initially referred to someone who lived in or came from a particular town or village. Over time, the name took on different spellings like Uriarte, Uribarri, and Uribe.

One of the earliest known references to the name URIVE comes from a 14th-century document in the archives of the town of Durango, located in Bizkaia. The document mentions a landowner named Pedro de URIVE. In the 15th century, a nobleman named Juan de URIVE is recorded as serving in the court of King Juan II of Aragon.

During the 16th century, the name appears in several historical records from various parts of Spain. For example, a soldier named Diego de URIVE fought in the Spanish conquest of Mexico, participating in the siege of Tenochtitlan in 1521. Another notable figure was Martín de URIVE, a Basque merchant and explorer who traveled to the Americas in the 1540s.

In the 17th century, a prominent individual with the surname URIVE was Pedro de URIVE y Salazar, a Spanish military officer and governor of the Canary Islands from 1629 to 1634. He played a role in suppressing a revolt on the island of Tenerife.

Moving into the 18th century, we find Juan Antonio de URIVE y Aperribay, a Basque nobleman and writer who was born in 1703 in Bilbao. He authored several works on history and literature, including a book about the ancient language and customs of the Basque people.

Through the centuries, the surname URIVE has also been associated with various place names in the Basque region, such as the village of Uribe-Kosta in Bizkaia and the municipality of Uribarri-Gaubea in Álava. These place names likely influenced the development and variations of the surname over time.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Urive

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

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

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