# Urban (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/urban/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,058 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,790 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,393 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (20,117 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɜɹbən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus (“of the town or city, urbane”). Doublet of Orban.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Urban in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Urban in Australia, the United Kingdom, Cisleithania and Hungary.

## People named Urban

- Keith Urban, Australian-American musician (born 1967)
- Charles Urban, Anglo-American film producer and entrepreneur
- Joseph Urban, Austrian-American architect (1872-1933)
- Flórián Urbán, association football player

## Similar surnames

Urbina, Urbano, Urbanski, Urbanek, Urbaniak.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.