The Urbano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,368 people carried this name — #7,612 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,600 people counted. That is up 40% from 3,119 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,986 people named Urbano 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 122 people named Urbano.
Most of them — 73 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Côte-d’Or.
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
119 people named Urbano live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 print
Urbano in American newspapers,
1889–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,009 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Urbano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ramón Antonio Urbano 1865–1913 · poet -
Rafael Urbano 1870–1924 · writer -
Luis Urbano Lanaspa 1882–1936 · Catholic priest -
Umberto Urbano 1885–1969 · opera singer -
Umberto Urbano 1885–1969 · opera singer
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Carl Urbano 1910–2003 · animator
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Urbano.
- 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
- Urbaniak 1,402 · 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
- Urlacher 417 · U.S. census
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