Uren
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from the Old Celtic personal name Orhogenos, probably literally 'of privileged birth'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɝˈɛn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Uren is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 1.7Kas Oren(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 61Kas Oren
- USUnited States1 in 65Kas Oren
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Uren itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 320 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 408K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,200 named Oren, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Oren in US United States, CA Canada, IL Israel and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the Old Celtic personal name Orhogenos, probably literally 'of privileged birth'
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Uren counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | ≈5,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | 92 | Oren | 92 |
| US United States | 5,136as Oren | 1 in 65K | 5K | Oren | 320 |
| CA Canada | ≈620 est. | ≈1 in 61K | 2 | Oren | 88 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 111K | 1.5K | Uren | 135 |
| IS Iceland | 529as Örn | 1 in 663 | 606 | Oren | 9 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 408K | — | Uren | 16 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈82 est. | ≈1 in 60K | — | Uren | 39 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Uren is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, British *Orbogenos, Old Welsh Urbgen, Middle Welsh Urien; first attested Urian de St Pierre 1272 AssSt
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In bhw, earthenware cooking pot; clay used to make pots
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Basque, genitive indefinite of ur
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Danish, definite singular of ur
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kzx, earthenware cooking pot
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Frajde Lorja Borodowitschb. 1862CZnot in their usual nameHolocaust victim (born 1862)
- Harold Urenb. 1885GBEnglish footballer (1885-1955)
- Lester Charles Urenb. 1888USresearcher
- Clarrie Urenb. 1900AUAustralian rules footballer (1900-1968)
- Reginald Urenb. 1906NZNew Zealand architect working in United Kingdom (1906-1988)
- Tom Urenb. 1921AUAustralian politician (1921–2015)
- Dick Urenb. 1926GBEnglish rugby union footballer (1926–2010)
- Øyvind Urenb. 1952NONorwegian politician
- Andy Urenb. 1996GBEnglish rugby union player
- Emma Urenb. 1997GBEnglish rugby union player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 1.5K | #4,805 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #22,185 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 891 | #28,469 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 816 | #29,064 |
| GB United Kingdom | Welsh Surnames (Morgan & Morgan, 1985) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Uren mean, and where does it come from?
- from the Old Celtic personal name Orhogenos, probably literally 'of privileged birth' Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Uren?
- A machine transcription gives /ɝˈɛn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Uren have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.2 thousand people named Oren in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Uren?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,136 people named Oren in 2020, about 1 in 65 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Uren”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.