The Urban surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 20,117 people carried this name — #1,630 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,400 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
15,990 people named Urban have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 18,337 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,056 people named Urban.
187 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
385 people named Urban live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Urban live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Urban.
- Ung 3,933 · U.S. census
- Unger 14,668 · U.S. census
- Ungerer 514 · U.S. census
- Unterreiner 454 · U.S. census
- Untz 135 · U.S. census
- Urbain 373 · U.S. census
- Urbanczyk 665 · U.S. census
- Urbanek 1,710 · U.S. census
- Urbani 400 · U.S. census
- Urbaniak 1,383 · U.S. census
- Urbano 3,119 · U.S. census
- Urbanski 3,317 · U.S. census
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