Urbanek Surname

32,623rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Urbanek Surname Definition:

(Polish) Descendant of little Urban (city).

Urbanek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland8,5511:4,445491
United States2,5461:142,36414,769
Germany2,2231:36,2154,801
Austria1,0631:8,0111,016
Czechia7731:13,7561,980
Brazil2991:715,96826,248
France1581:420,39761,236
Canada1151:320,39629,368
Hungary891:110,29510,533
Croatia721:58,73110,978
Australia691:391,24231,907
England681:819,38343,863
Slovakia571:93,62217,991
Serbia511:140,0979,935
Argentina281:1,526,55084,030
Slovenia261:95,68011,418
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Norway91:571,36544,190
Wales51:618,90625,852
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:760,88948,111

The alternate forms: Urbánek (3,572) are calculated separately.

Urbanek Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) Descendant of little Urban (city).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Urbanek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Urbanek Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Urbanek (Russian: Урбанек) is held by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Urbánek. Click here for other possible spellings of Urbanek.

How Common Is The Last Name Urbanek? popularity and diffusion

It is the 32,623rd most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 446,787 people. The surname Urbanek is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Urbanek live; 58 percent live in Eastern Europe and 58 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

Urbanek is most frequently held in Poland, where it is carried by 8,551 people, or 1 in 4,445. Excluding Poland it exists in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Germany, where 14 percent are found.

Urbanek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Urbanek has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Urbanek last name increased 3,858 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Urbanek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Urbanek last name are 13.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.87% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Urbanek earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 55.43% more than the national average, earning 537,897 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.79% more than the national average, earning $46,512 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.68% more than the national average, earning $55,981 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Urbanek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Urbanek in the Russian language
Урбанекurbanek-

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