Urbano Surname

4,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125,166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Urbano Surname User-submission:

The Urbano surname means 'cultured refine man', 'one from the city', 'city dweller'. It derives from the Latin word urbanus.

Urbano Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia23,6571:2,019395
Philippines18,7541:5,398444
Mexico15,6431:7,935890
Brazil15,5001:13,811743
Venezuela11,1771:2,702428
Peru10,3701:3,065506
Spain10,1801:4,593574
Italy4,1881:14,6032,394
United States3,9541:91,66910,306
Argentina2,5131:17,0091,480
Ecuador1,7571:9,0531,463
Angola1,5781:17,1032,033
Portugal1,3401:7,775711
Dominican Republic1,0941:9,537804
Chile6671:26,4121,522
Saudi Arabia4371:70,60810,708
El Salvador4171:15,213820
France3151:210,86632,777
Tanzania1941:272,89521,498
Canada1901:193,92419,047
Bolivia1721:61,7233,086
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Australia1051:257,10223,526
England891:626,04636,944
Belgium851:135,25519,444
Germany701:1,150,07875,714
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Switzerland571:144,08613,875
Trinidad and Tobago521:26,2302,834
Guam491:3,268415
Singapore471:117,1854,783
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Cuba331:349,1735,686
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Taiwan271:868,3246,112
Uruguay231:149,20713,102
Panama181:217,3486,003
Cape Verde151:35,3091,317
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Ireland51:941,78816,185
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Wales41:773,63329,106
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
China31:455,773,85521,925
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Nicaragua31:2,007,0306,490
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Macau11:601,6301,582
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Northern Mariana Islands11:54,5801,498
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Urbaño (4) are calculated separately.

Urbano (68,179) may also be a first name.

Urbano Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Urbano surname means 'cultured refine man', 'one from the city', 'city dweller'. It derives from the Latin word urbanus.

- urbanoraul

This surname means 'man of the city' in Latin.

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Urbano Last Name Facts

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

The surname Urbano (Arabic: اوربانو, Hindi: उरबानो, Marathi: उरबानो, Russian: Урбано) is more commonly found in Colombia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Urbaño. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urbano? popularity and diffusion

The last name Urbano is the 4,490th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 58,223 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Urbano live; 52 percent live in South America and 28 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 14,173rd most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 68,179 people.

Urbano is most common in Colombia, where it is borne by 23,657 people, or 1 in 2,019. In Colombia it is most numerous in: Nariño Department, where 32 percent live, Valle del Cauca Department, where 25 percent live and Cauca Department, where 13 percent live. Beside Colombia Urbano exists in 89 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 15 percent live and Mexico, where 12 percent live.

Urbano Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Urbano has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 65,900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 8,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Urbano Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Urbano are 0.13999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.09% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Urbano earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 2.23% more than the national average, earning €30,701 per year; in Peru they earn 14.76% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,524 per year; in Colombia they earn 19.43% less than the national average, earning $18,291,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.6% less than the national average, earning $42,025 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.36% more than the national average, earning $52,348 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urbaño944/
Urbanos92671/
Hurbano92297/
Gurbano926/
Urbaano923/
Urbanoo921/
Uirbano921/
D'Urbano861,239/
Urbanojć861/
Hurbanos861/
Urbana83792/
Urbanoich801/
Urbanas77269/
Urbanah7710/
Urbanaz774/
Urbanna772/
Urbánoš772/
Urbaina771/
Urbonos771/
Horbano771/
Gurbanoaia7570/
Gurbanna712/
D'urbana711/
Urbona67187/
Urbaña67118/
Orbana6747/
Urvana675/
Gourbaina671/
Orbono671/
Gurbănoaia631/
Urbonas627,154/
Urbeina622/
Ourbonas573/
Hoerbana571/
Urbonass571/
Orbaña50311/
Orbona504/

Urbano Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Urbano in the Hindi language
उरबानोurabano-
Urbano in the Marathi language
उरबानोurabano75
उबर्नोubarno25
Urbano in the Russian language
Урбаноurbano-
Urbano in the Arabic language
اوربانوawrbanw-

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Urbano 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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