How common is the surname Urban?

20,058 people in the United States had the surname Urban in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,393 Americans. It ranked 1,790th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Urban?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Urban identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Urban?

Keith Urban, Australian-American musician (born 1967), followed by Charles Urban.

Where is the surname Urban most common?

Wikidata records people named Urban in Australia, the United Kingdom and Cisleithania and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Urban?

Urban is /ˈɜɹbən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Urban getting more or less common?

Less common. 20,117 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,058 in 2010, down 0.3%.

Is Urban also a first name?

Yes. Urban is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Urban

A patronymic surname, carried by 20,058 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɜɹbən/ 2 syllables Soundex U615 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Urban is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

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

Urban is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 20,058 people named Urban in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,393 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 20,117.

#1,790

rank among US surnames

20,058

people in 2010

6.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,630)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,781	Stubbs	20,134	15,335
#1,782	Starks	20,130	15,338
#1,783	Sizemore	20,116	15,348
#1,784	Epps	20,112	15,351
#1,785	Olivas	20,106	15,356
#1,786	Bergeron	20,073	15,381
#1,787	Hightower	20,065	15,387

Who is named Urban

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Urban identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Urbans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Keith Urban
Australian-American musician (born 1967)
Charles Urban
Anglo-American film producer and entrepreneur, 1867–1942
Joseph Urban
Austrian-American architect (1872-1933)
Flórián Urbán
Association football player, born 1968

Notable Urbans come mostly from Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1) and Cisleithania (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Urban

Urban has the Soundex code U615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U615.

Questions

Where does the surname Urban come from?: Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus (“of the town or city, urbane”). Doublet of Orban.
How common is the surname Urban?: 20,058 people in the United States had the surname Urban in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,393 Americans. It ranked 1,790th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Urban?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Urban identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Urban?: Keith Urban, Australian-American musician (born 1967), followed by Charles Urban.
Where is the surname Urban most common?: Wikidata records people named Urban in Australia, the United Kingdom and Cisleithania and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Urban?: Urban is /ˈɜɹbən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Urban?: Urban is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Urban getting more or less common?: Less common. 20,117 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,058 in 2010, down 0.3%.
Is Urban also a first name?: Yes. Urban is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.