Last name Ureta (Ureta 
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) , all over the world, is a common cognomen. The last name Ureta is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Peru, where it is quite a common surname, Chile, and Uruguay, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Peru, Philippines, and Chile. Very seldom, Ureta is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Ureta | Philippines, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Peru |
| وريتا | Egypt |
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pedro paz soldan ureta Peruvian politician, PE (b. 1809) |
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| juan ignacio de ayestarán y ureta (b. 1749) |
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manuel toribio ureta Peruvian politician, PE (b. 1813) |
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ignacio silva ureta Chilean politician (1837-1924), CL (b. 1837) |
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| antonio ainz de ureta (b. 1800) |
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alberto ureta Peruvian diplomat and writer (1885-1966), PE (b. 1885) |
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eloy ureta Peruvian army officer, PE (b. 1892) |
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| miguel silva ureta Chilean politician, CL (b. 1846) |
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| teodoro falseto ureta (b. 1850) |
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alejandro núñez ureta writer and Painter, PE (b. 1912) |
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| horacio bentabol y ureta (b. 1854) |
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| jose maria de la jara y ureta Peruvian writer and lawyer (1879-1932), PE (b. 1879) |
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| claudio arteaga ureta CL (b. 1870) |
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tito ureta Chilean enzymologist, CL (b. 1935) |
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ariel ureta Filipino journalist, PH (b. 1946) |
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