Cognomen Urdaneta (Urdaneta 
) , around the world, is a common surname. The family name Urdaneta is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Venezuela, where it is quite a common surname, Aruba, and Colombia, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Venezuela, Colombia, and Philippines. Much less frequently, Urdaneta is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Urdaneta | Panama, Philippines, Colombia, United States, Venezuela |
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rafael urdaneta Venezuelan General (1788-1845), VE (b. 1788) |
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| francisco urdaneta Uruguayan military personnel, UY (b. 1791) |
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| luis urdaneta Venezuelan military personnel, VE (b. 1796) |
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abelardo rodríguez urdaneta Dominican Republic artist, DO (b. 1870) |
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| luciano urdaneta Venezuelan architect and engineer, VE (b. 1825) |
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ismael urdaneta Venezuelan poet, VE (b. 1885) |
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| amenodoro urdaneta (b. 1829) |
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roberto urdaneta Colombian politician (1890-1972), CO (b. 1890) |
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| alberto urdaneta (b. 1845) |
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jose pablo leyva urdaneta CO (b. 1911) |
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oscar sambrano urdaneta writer (1929-2011), VE (b. 1929) |
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| clemencia holguín de urdaneta First lady of Colombia (1951-1953), CO (b. 1894) |
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orlando urdaneta Venezuelan actor, VE (b. 1946) |
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| isabel sánchez de urdaneta Venezuelan diplomat (b. 1900) |
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| alberto uribe urdaneta Roman Catholic archbishop, CO (b. 1918) |
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