The Urien Last Name

Spain's INE counts 548 residents with Urien as first surname and 506 with it as second. From 1891 to 2000, 1,400 births in France were registered under Urien. There were 42 such births in the 1890s and 141 in the 1990s.

Where the name comes from

Where a surname's origin is uncertain, as with Urien, the best clues come from your own ancestors' parish and civil records.

Counting heads is the honest place to start with Urien.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Urien, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms.

For the full story, order the Urien surname pack.