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The Urbanek surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,754 people carried this name — #16,407 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 169,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,710 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Urbanek surname

From personal name Urban.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Urbánek» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

5,522 people named Urbanek have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 6,484 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 Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 1,237
Masovian 938
Łódź 610
Subcarpathian 502
Lesser Poland 330
Greater Poland 285
Lower Silesian 255
Lublin 240

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 54 people named Urbanek.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Pas-de-Calais 14
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Saône-et-Loire 4
Paris 4
Nord 2
Puy-de-Dôme 2
Moselle 1
Gard 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Urbanek live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 15
Bern 5
Aargau 4
Vaud 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Urbanek in American newspapers,
1915–1922.

Newspaper page from The Lake County Times carrying the name Urbanek
The Lake County Times 1922-09-30
Newspaper page from Abilene Weekly Reflector carrying the name Urbanek
Abilene Weekly Reflector 1919-05-29
Newspaper page from Abilene Weekly Reflector carrying the name Urbanek
Abilene Weekly Reflector 1915-11-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,531 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Urbanek,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Michał Urbanek
    Michał Urbanek 1886–1982 · teacher
  • Johann Urbanek 1834–1884 · politician
  • Hugo Urbanek 1875–1916 · master builder
  • Julius Urbanek 1881–1949 · university teacher
  • Kurt Urbanek 1884–1973 · jurist
  • Walther Urbanek 1899–1975 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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