The Ugarte surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,272 people carried this name — #9,881 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,100 people counted. That is up 35% from 2,415 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ugarte surname
Borrowed from Spanish Ugarte, itself borrowed from Basque uharte (“island”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ugarte» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 5,457 people named Ugarte live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Ugarte.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Ugarte live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Ugarte in American newspapers,
1915–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,870 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ugarte,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Ugarte 1776–1830 · politician -
Alois Ugarte 1784–1845 · civil servant -
Ángel Ugarte d. 1899 · politician
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Atilio Ernesto Ugarte Gutierrez d. 1973 · university student
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Marta Lidia Ugarte Roman d. 1976 · dressmaker
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Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia 1600–1650 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ugarte.
- Tuszynski 390 · U.S. census
- Twardowski 925 · U.S. census
- Tyler 66,056 · U.S. census
- Ubeda 373 · U.S. census
- Uberti 264 · U.S. census
- Udo 409 · U.S. census
- Ugo 190 · U.S. census
- Ugolini 291 · U.S. census
- Uhl 5,244 · U.S. census
- Uhlmann 391 · U.S. census
- Uhlrich 103 · U.S. census
- Uhrig 1,339 · U.S. census
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