The Urbanski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,270 people carried this name — #9,890 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,317 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Urbanski surname
A surname from Polish.
Borrowed from Polish Urbański.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Urbanski» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
24,623 people named Urbanski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 27,810 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 Masovian.
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 214 people named Urbanski.
56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 83 people named Urbanski 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 Mendoza.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Urbanski live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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
45 people named Urbanski 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
Urbanski in American newspapers,
1912–1937.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,942 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Urbanski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Oliver Urbanski 1975– · actor -
Shotzi Blackheart 1992– · professional wrestler -
Ladislas Urbanski 1796–1857 · writer
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Josef Urbanski 1846–1903 · engineer
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Bettina Urbanski 1951– · journalist
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Douglas Urbanski 1957– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 18 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Urbanski.
- 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
- Urbano 4,368 · 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
- Urrea 2,360 · U.S. census
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