The Urias surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,941 people carried this name — #4,471 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,200 people counted. That is up 36% from 5,857 in 2000.

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In print

Urias in American newspapers,
1901–1923.

Newspaper page from The Lancaster Gazette carrying the name Urias
The Lancaster Gazette 1901-08-28
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Urias
El Tucsonense 1923-05-05
Newspaper page from The Oasis carrying the name Urias
The Oasis 1909-04-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,629 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Urias in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1940s.

63 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Urias. The most, 13, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 34
Victoria 12
Tasmania 9
Queensland 4
South Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Urias.

In the public record

People named Urias,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States173 records

173 records of the Urias name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 100
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 43
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joe R. Urias

    Born 1922 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso; sales clerk from Pecos County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at St Joseph Cemetery, Fort Stockton, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Freide Urias

    Arrived at New York in 1893 aboard the Darmstadt from Bremen, aged 30; tailor. From Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record David Soqui Urias

    Born 1947; from Phoenix, Arizona. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; died of wounds 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 173 records for Urias in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Urias name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Emmy Urias

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1885 in Hattingen.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Sara Urias

    Baptised in 1637 in Delft.

    Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Urias name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Paul Urias

    From Hamburg. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 30 August 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 76).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Siegfried Urias

    From Hamburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 28 August 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 84).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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