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There are approximately 1,452 people named Ure in the UK. That makes it the 5,667th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 23 are named Ure.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic


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The Ure surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

URE. 1. A Yorkshire river. 2. Eur occurs as a personal name in Domesdaj ; and an early Scandinavian gave his name to Ureby, or Ewerby, in Lincolnshire. 3. The baronial family of Eure took their name, in the XIII. century, from the lordship of Eure or Evre, in Buckinghamshire.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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