The Urbani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 349 people carried this name — #58,182 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 13% from 400 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Urbani surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From the personal name Urbano.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Urbani» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,171 people named Urbani live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 195 people named Urbani.
80 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Corsica.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
60 people named Urbani live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Urbani 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.
Who carried it
People named Urbani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Valentino Urbani 1700–1800 · actor -
Ludovico Urbani 1460–1493 · painter
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Prospero Urbani 1533–1609 · religious
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Andrea Urbani 1711–1798 · painter
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Pietro Urbani 1749–1816 · singer
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Marino Urbani 1764–1853 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Urbani.
- Unterreiner 488 · U.S. census
- Untz 120 · U.S. census
- Urbain 382 · U.S. census
- Urban 20,058 · U.S. census
- Urbanczyk 721 · U.S. census
- Urbanek 1,754 · U.S. census
- Urbaniak 1,402 · U.S. census
- Urbano 4,368 · U.S. census
- Urbanski 3,270 · U.S. census
- Urbin 361 · U.S. census
- Urbino 202 · U.S. census
- Urena 11,066 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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