The Uribe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 24,612 people carried this name — #1,448 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,000 people counted. That is up 35% from 18,283 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Uribe surname
A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Uribe» (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 5,561 people named Uribe 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
106 people named Uribe live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 43 people named Uribe.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Aude.
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 the Nordic population registers
24 people named Uribe is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Uribe in American newspapers,
1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,647 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Uribe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manuel Uribe Ángel 1822–1904 · physician -
Luis Uribe 1847–1914 · sailor -
Joaquín Antonio Uribe 1858–1935 · biologist -
Rafael Uribe Uribe 1859–1914 · writer -
Antonio José Uribe 1869–1942 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Joaquín Antonio Uribe: SajoR, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Rafael Uribe Uribe: José Luiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 160 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Uribe,
in the records of 4 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 States454 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 345
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 56
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 33
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
- Sacramento County historic burials 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Pedro O. UribeBorn 1905 in Colombia. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; salesperson from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Joe Donald UribeBorn 1931; from Santa Barbara County, California. U.S. Army, medical technician; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Josefina UribeBorn 1887 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in San Antonio, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 454 records for Uribe 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).
France10 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Patrick Daniel UribeBorn 1955 in Hautmont; died 1983 in Beaufort (Nord).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Anna Assomption UribeBorn 1930 in Tarbes; died 1997 in Séméac (Hautes-Pyrénées).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Rosaria UribeBorn 1917 in Spain; died 1992 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 10 records for Uribe in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Pedro UribeDied 1916; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Netherlands1 record
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Rita UribeMarried in 1929 in Amsterdam.
Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Uribe.
- Urbański 3,270 · U.S. census
- Urbin 361 · U.S. census
- Urbina 15,055 · U.S. census
- Urbino 202 · U.S. census
- Urena 11,066 · U.S. census
- Urias 7,941 · U.S. census
- Urie 1,092 · U.S. census
- Urlacher 417 · U.S. census
- Urquhart 4,385 · U.S. census
- Urrea 2,360 · U.S. census
- Urrutia 7,208 · U.S. census
- Ursin 560 · U.S. census
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