The Urbaniak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,402 people carried this name — #19,306 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,383 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
18,160 people named Urbaniak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 20,042 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 Greater Poland.
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 498 people named Urbaniak.
148 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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
33 people named Urbaniak live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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
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 the Nordic population registers
41 people named Urbaniak is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Urbaniak in American newspapers,
1902–1954.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 732 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Urbaniak,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak 1929–2024 · politician -
Michał Urbaniak 1943–2025 · composer -
Jean Urbaniak 1949– · politician -
Jacek Urbaniak 1949– · composer -
Bogusława Urbaniak 1949– · economist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 67 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Urbaniak.
- 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
- Urbani 349 · 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
- Urie 1,092 · U.S. census
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