Urban Surname
Approximately 129,411 people bear this surname
Urban Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Urban,' i.e. polished, city-mannered, a name common to Western Europe, the opposite of Pagan, rustic, simple (v. Pain). Pope Urbanus gave it an impetus. Latin urbs, a city.
Read More About This SurnameUrban Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 34,560 | 1:2,329 | 213 |
| United States | 26,198 | 1:13,835 | 1,720 |
| Poland | 23,614 | 1:1,610 | 118 |
| Czechia | 8,036 | 1:1,323 | 45 |
| Mexico | 5,682 | 1:21,846 | 1,626 |
| Slovakia | 3,556 | 1:1,501 | 37 |
| Austria | 2,984 | 1:2,854 | 271 |
| France | 2,672 | 1:24,859 | 2,962 |
| Belarus | 2,161 | 1:4,397 | 531 |
| Russia | 2,044 | 1:70,510 | 9,094 |
| Italy | 1,881 | 1:32,513 | 5,821 |
| Argentina | 1,662 | 1:25,718 | 2,173 |
| Brazil | 1,467 | 1:145,927 | 5,584 |
| Spain | 1,405 | 1:33,275 | 3,324 |
| Ukraine | 1,319 | 1:34,513 | 5,003 |
| Canada | 1,185 | 1:31,093 | 4,052 |
| Serbia | 1,109 | 1:6,443 | 777 |
| Philippines | 675 | 1:149,983 | 25,069 |
| England | 666 | 1:83,661 | 9,219 |
| Romania | 655 | 1:30,653 | 3,904 |
| Ecuador | 596 | 1:26,688 | 3,442 |
| Australia | 592 | 1:45,601 | 5,722 |
| Tanzania | 347 | 1:152,569 | 13,814 |
| Denmark | 329 | 1:17,157 | 1,687 |
| Lithuania | 285 | 1:10,648 | 1,914 |
| Netherlands | 264 | 1:63,967 | 10,998 |
| Switzerland | 249 | 1:32,984 | 4,852 |
| Indonesia | 209 | 1:632,771 | 49,860 |
| Croatia | 207 | 1:20,428 | 4,217 |
| India | 186 | 1:4,124,007 | 110,764 |
| Latvia | 182 | 1:11,264 | 1,676 |
| Dominican Republic | 169 | 1:61,733 | 3,013 |
| Sweden | 153 | 1:64,358 | 4,912 |
| Papua New Guinea | 151 | 1:53,998 | 6,838 |
| South Africa | 147 | 1:368,556 | 33,364 |
| Hungary | 135 | 1:72,713 | 7,407 |
| Belgium | 131 | 1:87,761 | 13,683 |
| Uruguay | 124 | 1:27,675 | 3,200 |
| Thailand | 112 | 1:630,700 | 106,838 |
| Estonia | 111 | 1:11,908 | 1,764 |
| Kazakhstan | 98 | 1:180,434 | 17,249 |
| Portugal | 94 | 1:110,832 | 5,195 |
| Scotland | 72 | 1:74,359 | 5,625 |
| Israel | 71 | 1:120,530 | 13,243 |
| Nicaragua | 60 | 1:100,352 | 1,886 |
| Norway | 56 | 1:91,827 | 12,640 |
| Ireland | 54 | 1:87,203 | 4,973 |
| Venezuela | 50 | 1:604,082 | 10,803 |
| New Zealand | 48 | 1:94,340 | 12,897 |
| Chile | 40 | 1:440,412 | 11,644 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Paraguay | 34 | 1:212,845 | 3,891 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 | 1:937,247 | 18,607 |
| Peru | 31 | 1:1,025,294 | 19,244 |
| Iran | 30 | 1:2,559,417 | 82,750 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Slovenia | 27 | 1:92,136 | 11,211 |
| Moldova | 25 | 1:142,455 | 15,214 |
| Taiwan | 25 | 1:937,790 | 6,555 |
| Luxembourg | 22 | 1:26,388 | 4,799 |
| Jamaica | 20 | 1:143,497 | 5,007 |
| Afghanistan | 19 | 1:1,692,273 | 13,110 |
| Iceland | 16 | 1:23,756 | 1,850 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Puerto Rico | 14 | 1:253,581 | 2,469 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Azerbaijan | 9 | 1:1,072,125 | 15,755 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 8 | 1:13,797 | 1,930 |
| Montenegro | 7 | 1:91,366 | 4,331 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 1:78,350 | 887 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 1:884,100 | 15,259 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Tonga | 4 | 1:26,828 | 461 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Falkland Islands | 3 | 1:1,044 | 221 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Abkhazia | 2 | 1:121,432 | 4,128 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 42 | 1:580,366 | 29,847 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,383 | 1:36,311 | 4,308 |
The alternate forms: Urbán (11,187), Urbań (7) & Urbàn (2) are calculated separately.
Urban (17,775) may also be a first name.
Urban Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Urban,' i.e. polished, city-mannered, a name common to Western Europe, the opposite of Pagan, rustic, simple (v. Pain). Pope Urbanus gave it an impetus. Latin urbs, a city. compare Italian Urbani in London Directory.
Urbanus de Lecheworth, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
William Urban, Herefordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Urbane, 1519: Register of the University of Oxford.
(Anglo-Latin) Urbane [Latin Urban-us, belonging to a city
(English) Descendant of Urban (of the town).
User-submitted Reference
There are two different explanations for the name Orbán. It is likely that both are true and that they co-exist, meaning that the family name Orbáncould have two different origins.
- According to some sources, the Hungarian etymology is the same as the Belgian one: the Hungarian name Orbán is derived from the latin name, urbanus. Initially, Urbanus became Urban, often written Vrban during the XVth and XVIth centuries: the name later evolved into Orban, and finally Orbán. Originally it was a Christian name (there is a St. Orbán) that later became a family name. Apparently, it is still used as a Christian name in Hungary, but this is now fairly rare.
- For other sources, there is a truly Hungarian etymology of the name: Orbán is a combination of or(r) and ban. Ban is the Hungarian word for 'chieftain' or 'headman' (minor nobility), whereas orr means 'nose'. Does it mean that the Orbáns were noblemen with a big nose?
The family name, Urban, can be found in English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Hungarian (Urbán), and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic). The meaning of the name is from a medieval personal name (Latin Urbanus meaning 'city dweller', a derivative of urbs 'town', 'city'). The name was borne by a 4th-century saint, the patron saint of vines, and by seven early popes.
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Urban Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urban Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Urban (Arabic: لاربان, Hindi: उरबन, Marathi: उबर्न, Oriya: ଉବର୍ାନ, Russian: Урбан) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Urbán, Urbań or Urbàn. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Urban? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,344th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 56,313 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 68 percent of Urban reside; 32 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 29 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 41,184th most widely held forename on earth, held by 17,775 people.
The last name Urban is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 34,560 people, or 1 in 2,329. In Germany Urban is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent reside, Bavaria, where 19 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent reside. Not including Germany this surname exists in 127 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Poland, where 18 percent reside.
Urban Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Urban has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Urban surname grew 1,894 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,586 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Urban Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Orthodox (83%) in Belarus, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (58%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Urban are 12.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.02% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Urban earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 38.89% more than the national average, earning €41,709 per year; in Norway they earn 16.34% less than the national average, earning 289,544 kr per year; in Peru they earn 150.27% more than the national average, earning S/. 48,514 per year; in South Africa they earn 59.26% more than the national average, earning R 378,456 per year; in United States they earn 7.18% more than the national average, earning $46,249 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.12% more than the national average, earning $54,216 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Urban Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Urban in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉବର୍ାନ | ubarana | 68.75 |
| ଉବ | uba | 25 |
| ଉବର୍ାନ୍ | ubaran | 6.25 |
| Urban in the Hindi language | ||
| उरबन | urabana | 66.67 |
| उर्बान | urbana | 16.67 |
| उरबान | urabana | 16.67 |
| Urban in the Marathi language | ||
| उबर्न | ubarna | 33.96 |
| उरबन | urabana | 32.08 |
| अरबन | arabana | 16.98 |
| उरबान | urabana | 9.43 |
| उलबन | ulabana | 3.77 |
| अबन | abana | 1.89 |
| Urban in the Russian language | ||
| Урбан | urban | - |
| Urban in the Arabic language | ||
| لاربان | larban | - |
| اربان | arban | - |
| لوربان | lwrban | - |
| اربن | arbn | - |
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Urban Reference & Research
Urban DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Urban FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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